[Northern Monkey]

It is all a part of the newest trend on campuses to shut down free speech and even debate on anything that some students disagree with.It does'nt even have to be a majority anymore as the minority who do want to ban everything including guest speakers to universties will throw their toys out of the pram until they get what they want.There is even a thing now called "safe space" where if anyone is going to be offended by views put forward in a debate or even views held by one of the speakers,which will not even feature in the debate.Rather than just not attend they will claim that it infringes on their "safe space" and just ban it.This is a threat to free speech which should be encouraged in universities.
Trying to remove a historical statue just because some people don't like the person it portrays is all part of this new craze of students to try and wrap themselves up in big fluffy blankets instead trying to prepare themselves to face the big bad world when they leave education.Many students have become so fragile that they can't handle a debate which has an oposing viewpoint to their own.When they leave education they may lack the maturity and skills to enter the worlds of politics etc where debate is required.