Re: Speaking of free speech...

2014-07-02 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:52 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 July 2014 23:05, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:49 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com wrote: I don't see how the university can stop the student union from banning things if they want to, I

Re: Speaking of free speech...

2014-07-02 Thread LizR
On 3 July 2014 02:17, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: I wonder how you bully someone politely :) I would think you politely ask them to stop what they're doing, in the process calling attention to them. Assuming they're in a corner of a college bar or something with other people

Re: Speaking of free speech...

2014-07-01 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:49 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com 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

Re: Speaking of free speech...

2014-07-01 Thread LizR
On 1 July 2014 23:05, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:49 AM, LizR lizj...@gmail.com 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

Re: Speaking of free speech...

2014-06-30 Thread Telmo Menezes
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

Re: Speaking of free speech...

2014-06-30 Thread LizR
I don't see how the university can stop the student union from banning things if they want to, 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

Speaking of free speech...

2014-06-29 Thread LizR
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

Re: Speaking of free speech...

2014-06-29 Thread meekerdb
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