Political leanings of the Colleges

I'm reliably informed that Robinson is apathetic. :cool:

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tctc

Ditting Suck

Is Churchill rabidly right-wing and alcohol-fuelled?

/ends rant.

yes

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Big Y

I'm reliably informed that heard Robinson is apathetic. :cool:

Why do you consider that to be a good thing?

MB

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Ditting Suck

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Big Y

I'm reliably informed that heard Robinson is apathetic. :cool:

I am is not unimpressed about with your grammars

Reply 8

musicbloke

Why do you consider that to be a good thing?

MB

I didn't say it was a good thing (or a bad thing). :p:

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Ditting Suck

I am is not unimpressed about with your grammars

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Big Y

I didn't say it was a good thing (or a bad thing). :p:

You implied it with the smiley.

MB

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musicbloke

You implied it with the smiley.

MB

Oh. lol. I meant Robinson was cool.

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Anonystude

"Adolescents interested in politics at university, except in the pursuit of girls, tend to be first class prats" -- I can't remember who said it, but based on my experiences so far, it seems fairly applicable to Cambridge...

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essjaydee_88

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Yeah, there are few things more annoying than students getting comptetitive and crazy about politics. The debating club at my school was full of people who were quite good at arguing, and quite good at beaking ideas down, but essentially stupid and unlikeable.

Political debate (by students who's egos prevent them from ever listening to each other's points), in the way I've seen it so far, is spectacularly pointless. People say it "sharpens your mind", but in my experience it sandpapers away any interesting ideas you may have once had and replaces them with blunt phrases like "In response to your point..." "I think it is naive to suggest..." etc.

If any Student Active in Politics (SAP) asks you why you think something, the answer is "because".

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Anonystude

"Adolescents interested in politics at university, except in the pursuit of girls, tend to be first class prats" -- I can't remember who said it, but based on my experiences so far, it seems fairly applicable to Cambridge...

Why thank you.

MB

i ditto MB

Students often make a pretty valuable contribution towards politics, especially in countries where democracy is struggling or nonexistent.

Plus I don't see how many politicians in the debating chambers in the Lords and Commons are any different from the descriptions of blinkered egoists above...

Edit: typo

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