Hexx wrote:<]:^D wrote:in response to a simple question!
A simple question designed to play a certain way, present a certain inference and ignore the reality of the situation.
For instance
Have you stopped punching every homeless person you meet? Yes or No.
It's a simple question <]:^D
Yes or No.If you can't give us a simple a Yes or No answer in front of this huge audience, well they'll all hear it.
And so on.
(To be clear <]:^D has never punched a homeless person. That I know of
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i do see this as a closer analogy - however, it is not quite the same
the context (that Israel should be criticised) is relevant but the question was specifically about the schools code of conduct, not the rightness or wrongness of preserving free speech
you can see why the school representatives are being defensive - if they say Yes, then they will be questioned about why they are not doing more to prevent antisemitic conduct, and blah blah you should resign.
however i believe by trying to avoid painting themselves into that corner, theyve painted themselves into an even smaller one!