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I cant help myself, I have to chip in. Having lived in Oxford for about a decade my most memorable local ( and in one case international headlines) which maybe
by ionwake 1y ago
I cant help myself, I have to chip in. Having lived in Oxford for about a decade my most memorable local ( and in one case international headlines) which maybe me tut and wonder what on earth they are doing were these ( feel free to look them up).
a) Banned clapping in the student union. Literally incase it offended people for being loud. This one was even mentioned on Joe Rogan.
b) About a year or so later, the SAME student union, then had to fire ALL (or was it just one) ( correct me if Im wrong) leadership in the student union, for literally seeing a student stand in the wrong section - who he himself could not see he was, and instead of you know talking to him, ordered security to take him out, in such a way that the student who was as fate had it, blind disabled, was literally dragged across the floor thrown out, and then for good measure, followed up on by having his student card revoked. ( This is actually a really bad thing to do to a student in this particular university as it immediately stops them using basically most of the resources they need to complete their education. Needless to say the whole thing was so messed up leadership was taken to court and ofcourse disbanded. I happened to be told they literally brought in an old leader, back to Oxford to try and stop the weirdness.
Before the usual offended folk turn up to try and moan, I still think the university and its people are great. I am just pointing out there were definately Monty Python type moments there over the last few years.
- joshuaissac 1y agoYou have it wrong. The clapping ban was at the Oxford University Student Union (a student union), whereas the blind student incident was at the Oxford Union (a debating society unrelated to the student union).
- ionwake 1y agoapologies my bad I knew my memory was terrible thanks for the correction
- arp242 1y agoThere have always been the occasional silly "Monty Python type moments" throughout the history of humanity, even in the best of institutions. We just didn't have the right-wing outrage media to jump on every tiny incident to stoke up anger among the base.
- ionwake 1y agoI dont see how anything I said has to do with politics, the left or right stuff. Also I am confused why you are pointing out the obvious. Its as if you have been personaly offended by the suggestion Oxford has Monty Python moments and are trying to reassure everyone its only because all institutions do. This was not an attack, it was just a couple of anecdotes. Like I said I still think Oxford is a great institution. You are clearly confused why someone who likes something might criticise it. The reason is to improve it by increasing awareness. Its called positive feedback. In essense what I am saying is, if all you have is praise for something, then in part you hate it , because you are not being honest, or trying to help it grow.
- arp242 1y agoAll of these are very minor incidents that have been hugely exaggerated by the right-wing outrage media. And you're bringing up this unrelated minor years old drama in a "Oxford loses top 3 university ranking in the UK" story, as if its somehow related.
- ionwake 1y agoI might be massively autistic, usually get double digit upvotes for my random anecdotes but thanks for the feedback EDIT > To be honest I just reread your comment, I wanted to keep the good faith of mine so I didnt edit what I said, but I didnt realise you said they were minor. Literally banning clapping is not minor its an almost comical affront to free speech.