On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:49 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't see how the university can stop the student union from banning > things if they want to, >
I guess, assuming the student union owns the buildings in which such bans apply. > but then I can't see how the SU can stop students from forming a club > either! This all seems rather weird... as you say they can just meet in a > bar or cafe if they want to. > > Wasn't it students calling for someone to be stoned recently, in a > slightly nastier example of students trying to uphold idiotic laws? > > (In my day students GOT stoned, damn it. Never thoght I'd be holding that > up as an example of moral rectitude...) > > > > On 1 July 2014 00:29, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This seems to be a student union thing. Maybe the university should >> intervene and ban the student union from banning things. It probably will, >> for the sake of it's own reputation. >> >> I can't help but desire that the university does not intervene, though. >> It is perhaps more instructive to let the students experience, in a >> somewhat safe environment, what happens when you give absolute power to >> ideologues, and let them figure out how to recover freedom in their own >> terms. >> >> The Neitzsche club people are smart, they will hold meetings in the >> Starbucks in front of the university and embarrass the apprentice censors. >> >> Cheers >> Telmo. >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 7:48 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Nothing like a good university stimulate intellectual debate - about >>> who should be prohibited from debating and what should not be mentioned. >>> >>> Brent >>> >>> >>> On 6/29/2014 10:41 PM, LizR wrote: >>> >>> >>> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/05/university-college-london-s-nietzsche-club-is-banned.html >>> >>> This is sheer insanity, to quote that bloke from "Dad's Army". I can >>> only hope that the Neitzsche Club will not be killed off, but made stronger >>> - and if it *is* full of rabid ideogogues misrepresenting Friedrich's >>> ideas, let them do it in public so everyone can have a good laugh. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
