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Its not specific to those examples though. Think of it like a thought experiment: a university literally can't host everyone so there's some criteria by which
by kentm 8y ago
Its not specific to those examples though. Think of it like a thought experiment: a university literally can't host everyone so there's some criteria by which a guest needs to be judged.
In America, a lot of the spots were cancelled, IIRC, because protests necessitated increased security that couldn't be arranged or paid for. I'm not sure thats on the university.
- burfog 8y agoProtests are an excuse. Protests are allowed and even encouraged by the university. If the university actually wanted to stop protests, it would be trivial. Simply remove all support for protesters. (make this known in advance) This means: access cards stop working, transcripts are made unavailable, employees are fired, degrees are revoked, scholarships are terminated... some of this can be retroactive too. When this has been done even in relatively limited form, protesters quickly stopped causing trouble. When the university gives tacit approval to the protesters, things quickly spiral out of control.
- kentm 8y agoProtesting is a pretty fundamental right and societal value in America though. Cracking down on protests is, in my view, just as authoritarian as what the universities are accused of.
- furgooswft13 8y agoRioting is not a fundamental right. An actual peaceful protest would not require prohibitively costly security arrangements.
- kentm 8y agoWhether something is a riot is often subjective and a lot of security arrangements are made for peaceful protests. After all a peaceful protest may turn into a riot. Or it may remain peaceful.