BHA Dawkins / Myers discussion hijacked by protestors 09/06/11 (2/8)

The British Humanist Association's informal discussion between Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers gets hijacked by student protestors.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• dawkins
• myers
• bha
• humanist
• student
• protest
• demonstration
• direct
• action
• fees

[zyxek]

From PZ Myers —"The cause for the chaos was peculiar to me: they were protesting AC Grayling's proposed new university, which would have an £18,000 tuition, twice what other universities charge. It seems silly to demonstrate over Richard Dawkins, who has only agreed to lecture there, or AC Grayling, who just wants a good education in the liberal arts for students, or the university itself, when the real cause of the problem is declining political support for a cheap education."

[Jacksonstreet71]

@NegativeNick The university exists! That's not the problem for people who can't afford access to education, their problem is that the government isn't funding education. When that happens of course more private colleges are going to spring up, blame the fucking government. Don't protest a humanist event which has fuck all to do with your cause! You guys came across as incoherent idiots making noise and annoying people who couldn't fix your problems if they wanted to!

[uriituw]

What were they saying?

[Emanresu56]

@HybridD91 And how many jobs are available in the Academic world?

[HybridD91]

@Emanresu56 Try getting a job with your YouTube degree. Tell me how it turns out.

[0900jarman]

mighty mighty morphins ?

[ninjabob2456]

@Robotocracy So, because we do it better than much of the rest of the world, and have done for a long time, isn't a good reason to protect the way it is?

Although this looks like a "fast and hard" cut, the government won't see ANY money whatsoever from tuition fees for at least four years, by which time graduates will supposedly be paying back less than ever. Four years seems a long time to wait for an emergency policy to pay back anyway. Does that make sense?

[nighrage]

what the blinding fuck is wrong with these kids?! what were they protesting over?

[DOHC2L]

@Robotocracy "The deficit in the UK has reached staggering amounts, and there has to be spending cuts somewhere. Is reducing funding to universities still a bad idea? Perhaps, but this is a debate to be had elsewhere."

Where do you stand on the issue of price controls in general? To me it appears the government has a problematic role to play on both ends of the issue you explained. Yet, do you recognize that it's a catch-22? God damn socialism is destroying the UK and the British culture.