No one should be arrested for just reading from a religious book. No one is forced to listen.

I don't care who reads it and from what religion it is.

Period.

Perhaps I believe that because I'm actually on the right, like many here, and I actually believe in free speech.

Edited by Stirlingsays (24 Feb 2019 10.34am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

or perhaps the fact it is not widely reported shows 1 particular news outlet has taken an isolated incident and applied it as though that is the general consensus so that certain people get angry and buy into these 'the world or system is against them" conspiracies because they want to either peddle a particular agenda, or just sell papers / advertising space? (or both)

It's gutter press and if you want to buy into such negative tabloid tripe to satisfy your own misery knock yourself out. It's not for me.

Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah

Do you really not understand the point I made, or are you being disingenuous?

It isn't the book being quoted which is relevant, it's the choice of the words in the book that is.

I did not address the point you raise because the answer seems very obvious to me.

My answer has nothing to do with people seeking to perceive offence where none exists. Such attitudes are clearly wrong and deserve condemnation. We need to trust those whose responsibility it is to decide whether the offence is real, or not, in those circumstances. Just claiming something is offensive is no reason that it is, just as claiming that it isn't is no reason that it isn't.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

One isolated incident? Universities have been drowning out debate and views that do not confirm to their’s for years. But I’m not surprised you’d prefer to ignore it’s happening.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (24 Feb 2019 11.29am)

COYP

Have universities been doing that or have societies and associations based within universities been doing that?

As the latter are usually membership only organisations they can make whatever rules they like, provided they stay within the law. Many encourage opposite views to be presented and debated but in some cases they might decide that others are too extreme and don't fit their ethos. Sometimes the university itself might ban a debate on the grounds of a risk to public safety.

There is nothing to see here. It's just froth from those who feel that they should be allowed to voice whatever they like, wherever they like.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (24 Feb 2019 1.46pm)

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

The girls in this video are the by product
Of universities.
[Link]

They use free speech to openly lie about people