On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:52 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1 July 2014 23:05, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> I don't think the union's likely to own any buildings on the college > campus - only their HQ in Malet Street (where I once went to see Arthur C > Clark give a talk :-) ... >
I'm envious! > but they may well be able to make life difficult for anyone who wants to > do "banned" things by, essentailly, bullying them politely until they stop. > I wonder how you bully someone politely :) > > As I think you already said, they can always convene in the local cafe. > This all reflects far worse on the U.L.U. than it does on the Neitzsche Soc. > Perhaps for you and me, but I worry about the perception of the majority these days. I remember when my philosophy teacher in high-school made us watch "Fahrenheit 451". At the time it felt like a dated message. I was under the impression that the idea of banning certain books was a thing of the past. Now I feel that the film is relevant again, and that it would be good if a lot of people watched it. This scares me. Cheers, Telmo. > -- > 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.
