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kelliekat44

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1. Wow!!! No freedom of speech or thought when it comes to Israel. It wasn't this bad with S. Africa

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:27 PM

Feb 2013

anti-apartheid movement. What ever the feelings are about Israel, why not let people vote their own conscience? Everyone decries "political correctness" but only when it applied to certain entities. There was a time when universities welcomed free expression and diverse opinions.

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Oxford In Uproar Over Union Motion To Boycott Israel [View all] Purveyor Feb 2013 OP

Wow!!! No freedom of speech or thought when it comes to Israel. It wasn't this bad with S. Africa kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #1

an academic boycott is the antithesis of free speech Mosby Feb 2013 #2

Amazing isn't it malaise Feb 2013 #4

Errr, so having a discussion about a boycott is against free speech intaglio Feb 2013 #9

You may find the key issue to be dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #3

Just FYI, The OUSU is Not a Labor/Trade Union. It's More Analogous to a Student Government Assoc. dballance Feb 2013 #5

I didn't say it was dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #7

Umm, Yes. You Did Say It is a Trade Union. dballance Feb 2013 #8

OK - its not what I meant even if it read as that. dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #11

Didn't you know, if you dared criticize Israel's treatment of Palestinians, you're ANTI-SEMITIC!!! backscatter712 Feb 2013 #6

Galloway: "I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis". Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #10