Quote du Jour | Slachtofferschap als intimidatietactiek
C.S. Lewis once wrote: ‘Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.’
That is a good description of what is now happening in parts of our academic system, for the censorship is increasingly imposed in the name of keeping students safe, and guarding them from anything that might possibly offend what are regarded as their vulnerable minds.