Universities acquire a responsibility to promote free speech. While those who protest peacefully are vital,those who silence guests should be disciplinedEfforts to prevent Germaine Greer from speaking at Cardiff University later this month highlight a worrying trend on university campuses to ban speakers.
The issue, inevitably, and raises many legal questions relating to discrimination,free speech, health and safety, or terrorism. However,this is not solely, or even primarily, or a question of compliance with the law.
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Source: theguardian.com