I was an undergrad at Stirling...in the 70s and 80s it was a hot bed of socialism and nationalism... the queen visited once and she was given very short shrift by the students... Tommy 'you've been tangoed' Sherridan went there... proper political activism.
By the time I'd made it there the student paper was called Apathy and the march that was organised to protest against fees managed to get 17 people out of bed ... who then shouted at the rest of the campus for being lazy
(By the time I'd made it there the student paper was called Apathy and the march that was organised to protest against fees managed to get 17 people out of bed ... who then shouted at the rest of the campus for being lazy
Prof UnderCover evitable,
Wed 1 Oct 2008, 14:40,
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that's my experience with activism in Glasgow.The student activists consisted of middle-class trendies, who sometimes didn't wash their hair and sometimes chose not to wear shoes. They had the charming view that by walking about in the middle of the road in bare feet during the iraq war, then blair and bush would decide not to send troops over. Fight the power.
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drbroon abloooobloobloo,
Wed 1 Oct 2008, 14:44,
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Yes, much better to do nothing at allI wasn't a student activist, but this whining, snide attitude of contempt pisses me off so much more.
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on,
Wed 1 Oct 2008, 15:03,
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I'm not whining.and yes, I have contempt for people who shout about anti-capitalism, before going to work in Schuh, coffee shops or bars, while their rich mummy and daddy pay their rent for them. I knew plenty activists like that.
The arrogance of students thinking that they can change the world is often a natural reaction to finally having moved out of their parent's house. Many of them grow up to realise that they are unable to change the world quite as easily as they thought, and are quite happy with their workaday, non-vegan lives.
This is not just my opinion, it's supported by social psychological and sociological research.
As for "doing nothing at all" yes, one might as well in the case of war. I can't think of any wars that stopped due to anti-war marches, student or otherwise.
(The arrogance of students thinking that they can change the world is often a natural reaction to finally having moved out of their parent's house. Many of them grow up to realise that they are unable to change the world quite as easily as they thought, and are quite happy with their workaday, non-vegan lives.
This is not just my opinion, it's supported by social psychological and sociological research.
As for "doing nothing at all" yes, one might as well in the case of war. I can't think of any wars that stopped due to anti-war marches, student or otherwise.
drbroon abloooobloobloo,
Wed 1 Oct 2008, 15:14,
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I liked...... the student activism at Cambridge.
Nothing for two years, then the colleges put the rent up and thousands marched, as if we'd just re-established slavery or invaded somewhere.
Mmmmmmm. Never anger the folks from Surrey. They'll have terse words to mutter.
(Nothing for two years, then the colleges put the rent up and thousands marched, as if we'd just re-established slavery or invaded somewhere.
Mmmmmmm. Never anger the folks from Surrey. They'll have terse words to mutter.
prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses,
Wed 1 Oct 2008, 15:15,
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