The UCL terrorist

I think that UCL's admissions-tutors would seriously reconsider the application of any supposedly intelligent candidate who'd "seriously reconsider" their application on such utterly fatuous grounds.

I absolutely agree with the notion that while one student might turn out to be a terrorist, nothing will change on UCL's teaching quality. It will be the same school with the same academic performance; it will always be one of the world's best universities. I also want to sincerely apologize for my rash statement that incited the debate. The only reason I would reconsider my app to UCL is safety, but if I look at UCL's quality, I would make that sacrifice.

Anyway,

This is the UCL motto:

"Cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae" which means "Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward"

If anything, this incident proves the true UCL spirit. In other words, everyone has a shot at UCL if they really deserve it, even to-be terrorists.

Then again, as someone one wise man once said "who is to blame?" for some people becoming terrorists? I don't know, but what role does the university play in the development of an individual? Is it too liberal, or too unconcerned with what the attained knowledge is used for? Should this lack of concern be tolerated? Would a concern for the development of an individual then not restrict his ability to freely develop? Should the universities give superior education to someone who can potentially deconstruct our world? Then we may ask ourselves whether or not education should be accessible to everyone and this would bring us to question whether or not it is right to give every individual the right to be an individual.

This is the result of our liberalism and our ultimate freedom. We take this risk on and if we want to preserve the ideals of a free western society, these are the risks that we will have to accept.

Thus what happened is not something specific to the UCL. It is something that could have happened anywhere in our western society where education is accessible to those who really want it and therefore UCL is not to be blamed.

As an imperial terrorist, I can definitely say the quality of work at UCL was shoddy and shortcuts were taken at every corner. Learn how to blow up planes or get the out, tbh.

Oh deary me. If you had an iota of intelligence you would've done your research and found out that there is only a SIMILARLY named person who went to UCL between 2005-2008.

Risk? What risk?

Disgusting.

Is this the type of people these culturally diverse universities are attracting? So many home grown terrorists. Strange how they're always from London/Leeds/Bradford/Birmingham isn't it? You don't get this in quaint old English villages.

Disgusting.

Is this the type of people these culturally diverse universities are attracting? So many home grown terrorists. Strange how they're always from London/Leeds/Bradford/Birmingham isn't it? You don't get this in quaint old English villages.

Lol I don't think the Govt can afford another dead innocent "terrorist"!

MEH, the dude is a bankers son, quite possibly. It's always a toffs fault. They don't get enough attention as it is so they have to try blow up a plane to become the centre of attention.

terrorist toffs!

Its weirder story, a terrorist who lives in a millionaire mansion house in central London son of a rich banker, attempts to blow up and airliner and failed. You couldn't write a better story.

and nobody but the Sun would get away with it! Oh how I do love reading the sun