Coalition to change free spech laws for universities
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Coalition to change free spech laws for universities
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19-12-2024, 02:30 PM
Interesting move from a coalition claiming to be anti regualtion....
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/537...iversities
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19-12-2024, 02:46 PM
(19-12-2024, 02:30 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Interesting move from a coalition claiming to be anti regualtion....Just more evidence of Seymour's totalitarian ideals, and the lack of leadership coming from gutless Luxon.  Quote:"Despite being required by the Education Act and the Bill of Rights Act to uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression, there is a growing trend of universities deplatforming speakers and cancelling events where they might be perceived as controversial or offensive. and that would be because there is a growing trend of absolute nutjobs having a platform, and influencing those with less ability to discern nutjobs, in their nutjob ways. It is not a universities role to provide a platform for nutjobs and their nutjob ways... This world would be a perfect place if it wasn't for the people.
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19-12-2024, 04:10 PM
Bad things are happening in NZ.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
20-12-2024, 07:29 AM
(19-12-2024, 03:23 PM)king1 Wrote:Quote:"Despite being required by the Education Act and the Bill of Rights Act to uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression, there is a growing trend of universities deplatforming speakers and cancelling events where they might be perceived as controversial or offensive. Considering most of these speaker events then require the university to provide extra security, which takes money, I can see the reasoning behind a bit of judicious discrimination when it comes to who gets to use university facilities for dubious purposes.
20-12-2024, 08:12 AM
It's as if we are attempting a kiwi version of the Trump fiasco currently getting underway.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
20-12-2024, 10:25 AM
(19-12-2024, 02:46 PM)harm_less Wrote:(19-12-2024, 02:30 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Interesting move from a coalition claiming to be anti regualtion....Just more evidence of Seymour's totalitarian ideals, and the lack of leadership coming from gutless Luxon. And that devious little git will be deputy PM soon.... Never thought I'd be keen on Winnie continuing as deputy PM, but when you consider the alternative he does tend to look absolutely brilliant.  
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22-12-2024, 10:44 AM
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(19-12-2024, 02:46 PM)harm_less Wrote:So let me get this straight, you think that permitting free speech is totalitarian?(19-12-2024, 02:30 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Interesting move from a coalition claiming to be anti regualtion....Just more evidence of Seymour's totalitarian ideals, and the lack of leadership coming from gutless Luxon. The whole point of university is to share everyone's ideas, debate them and put them to the test, and learn critical thinking skills. If you are only allowed to share one particular view, then it becomes a religion. (19-12-2024, 04:10 PM)zqwerty Wrote: Bad things are happening in NZ. Good Bad things are happening in NZ.
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