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London student reported to police: “Enchanted by anarchism and individualism”

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Re: London student reported to police: “Enchanted by anarchism and individualism”

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I somehow doubt that sabotaging the kid's education would reduce his anarchism and individualism.

Well, the anarchy could have been forgiven, but individualism? Put him up against the wall!

I've looked at the blog in question ( http://hampsteadtrash.blogspot.co.uk/ ) - and it's obvious that the real problem was about his being critical of the school administration.

His petty thug of a headteacher seems perfectly deserving of every bit of the attention he is about to receive.

Re: London student reported to police: “Enchanted by anarchism and individualism”

#5

I somehow doubt that sabotaging the kid's education would reduce his anarchism and individualism.

Well, the anarchy could have been forgiven, but individualism ? Put him up against the wall! I've looked at the blog in question ( http://hampsteadtrash.blogspot.co.uk/ ) - and it's obvious that the real problem was about his being critical of the school administration. His petty thug of a headteacher seems perfectly deserving of every bit of the attention he is about to receive.

Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone.

Re: London student reported to police: “Enchanted by anarchism and individualism”

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The headteacher, in addition to reporting Zaloom to the police, phoned Glasgow University, where the student had applied to study, in an attempt to dissuade them from accepting him.

Not the best way to counter charges of endemic corrpution in society, I must say. In the US, this kind of interference would pose a great deal of trouble for the ambitious functionary.

Re: London student reported to police: “Enchanted by anarchism and individualism”

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Doesn't sound like the kind of teacher I'd like in my university

Asked what had first inclined him to contact the police, Mr. Szemalikowski said “the fact that Kinnan has mentioned the ideologies of anarchism and individualism on this blog.” Digging himself even deeper, the headteacher added, “I must do something. In the last year he has become more and more enchanted by antiestablishment ways of thinking and has even said that there is an inherent risk that every government is corrupt.”

Re: London student reported to police: “Enchanted by anarchism and individualism”

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I somehow doubt that sabotaging the kid's education would reduce his anarchism and individualism.

Is kicking someone out of a building that bears more than a passing resemblance to a prison really sabotaging their education?

Re: London student reported to police: “Enchanted by anarchism and individualism”

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post #3

I somehow doubt that sabotaging the kid's education would reduce his anarchism and individualism.

But as long as that sabotage severely curtails his future, do they care?

Would it? 2013 says it's pretty hard to curtail one's future. No single entity controls it, there's no gatekeeper.

They just show their own misery.

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