Bristol University Bans 'Offensive' National Anthem From Graduation Ceremony

[Guest]

15 hours ago, Jack Grey said:

500 hundred voted out of 26,000 students 

1472 for an 'all student vote'.  God bless SU politics.  Good job the result apparently only affects three SU-run facilities.  Plenty of other places on campus for non-vegans to get their meat products.

 

ETA: It doesn't kick in for another three years or so, and the students will likely be back to alcopops and pot noodles by then.

Edited December 11, 2023 by Guest

[trastrick]

1 hour ago, Prettytom said:

But that isn’t what you said.

 

You directly criticised the voters and disapproved of their right to make a choice. All that on the basis that they were students.

 

Which is an odd stance for a Conservative/libertarian.

 

 

See?

You still cant tell the difference between the voting electorate, and a few students voting on lunch preferences.

 

And you are obviously not familiar with democracy, if you and your clapping seal believe the result of ANY vote that's carried by 2.7% of members of ANY organization, is seen as a valid democratic vote.

 

But typical of Lefist authoritarians.

 

"774 students voted for he decision to force a vegan diet upon Warwick’s 28,621  students was made by only (774),  2.7% of the student body, raising questions."

 

My last word here!  Feel free to talk among yourselves!  🙂

 

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by trastrick

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, trastrick said:

to force a vegan diet upon Warwick’s 28,621  students

Nope.  It only affects three SU-run facilities.  Loads of other options on campus.

 

4 minutes ago, trastrick said:

You still cant tell the difference between the voting electorate, and a few students voting on lunch preferences.

 

And you are obviously not familiar with democracy, if you and your clapping seal believe the result of ANY vote that's carried by 2.7% of members of ANY organization, is seen as a valid democratic vote.

It was an all student vote.  Can't be arsed to vote?  Here's your vegan pastry in your SU Ginsters pie.

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by Guest

[Prettytom]

3 minutes ago, trastrick said:

 

 

My last word here!  Feel free to talk among yourselves!  🙂

 

 

Thank you.

 

You used an awful lot of words there, just to point out that you are a hypocrite.

[cressida]

On 08/12/2023 at 20:12, ECCOnoob said:

They are like catnip to you these things aren't they.

 

Absolute non-story.  The only 'outrage' and 'backlash'  come from morons not even involved in it, not even at the university and over reactors the paper whips up into a froth. Absolutely pathetic.

 

There's not a single piece of evidence that said it was banned because it was offensive. One  student interview by the sun "thinks" "probably" "might have" They didn't know.  They weren't there. They didn't make the decision. They just took of uncorrobarted assumptions but hey that's tabloid journalism. 

 

What is accurate is that a healthy number of students didn't want a national anthem to be part of their graduation ceremony because they deemed the old fashioned and irrelevant and that's entirely their choice.   

 

Personally, I don't really see the connection between a graduation ceremony and the national anthem anyway.  It's not a royal event, It's not an event of national importance. It's not a military parade. It's not a national tournament being played out in a global stage between nations.

 

Move along people. Nothing to see here again.

Not worth fussing about,  it's not that deep,  who cares!

[Al Bundy]

52 minutes ago, cressida said:

Not worth fussing about,  it's not that deep,  who cares!

First time I've heard a lady say that!

😉

[cressida]

1 hour ago, Al Bundy said:

First time I've heard a lady say that!

😉

I'm not sure what you're getting at,  but as it's you,  ok

Edited December 11, 2023 by cressida