Talk:Malcolm Grant

message: Is no one going to talk about his ludicrous defence of his own absurd policy of allowing racists and preachers of hate at ISOC, as so well documented by Douglas Murray?
Or does that not fit with the priorities of the Cultural Marxists which generally infest these kind of articles  and issues on Leftypedia.
:Writing in the Evening Standard, Murray said that: Imagine that a society at a London university invites a well-known racist to address its members. The following week, the same thing happens; the week after, they get two KKK members to debate each other. A number of these speakers are known to be avowed admirers of the convicted London nail-bomber David Copeland. Sometime later, one of the heads of this charming society attempts a nail-bombing spree in a direct copy of Copeland's crimes. The details of this young man's student activities come to light. It transpires that people had repeatedly warned the university that this would happen. The press starts to ask how such poisonous people could preach hate on campus. The university's provost responds. First he announces that it is his critics who are the problem and that opponents of white-supremacist bombers are “prejudiced”. He then gives a front-page interview to the Standard explaining that universities “must let” white-racist nail-bomb advocates speak on campus. All you have to do is exchange white racists for Islamist fanatics, and “prejudice” for “Islamophobia” and you have exactly the degraded position of University College London provost Malcolm Grant.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.35.177 (talk) 04:17, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christmas Day Bomber UCL Links - Grant's Defence 

message: Should the "as provost" section be in chronological order? It makes more sense that way in my opinion. Privong 01:26, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please feel free to edit into chronological order.LordHarris 12:30, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Privong 19:35, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  provost order 

message: I've removed :Image:Malcolm Grant.jpg, as it's unfree. There should be no problem at all getting a photo of him - he's a recognizable, high-profile figure at a public institution - and as such this is easily replaceable; note the criteria that no free equivalent is available or could be created. There's certainly nothing remarkable about this image that means we have to use it to pass commentary on the photograph itself...
I've left the moustachless photo further down in the article, though - free though it is, it doesn't quite seem right to use it as the main image! Shimgray | talk | 13:17, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that he is a high profile figure and if someone uploads a free image than all the better. However there isnt one available now and putting up an image required photo is not likely to get someone to wait outside his office in the vain effort of snapping a pic at him. I have been at UCL for three years and have NEVER seen the provost and I frequent the main building quite a bit! LordHarris 13:32, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How odd - I saw the VC several times whilst at Durham, and could get in touch at short notice with someone who'd see him within a couple of weeks... different environments, I guess. Anyhow, I've found a rather well-executed CC-BY-NC licensed image on flickr - and have emailed the author to see if they'd be willing to relicense it. Shimgray | talk | 20:58, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Ok that would be a good solution, good thinking. He has an office, guarded by granite Koptos Lions at UCL, its not very welcoming. LordHarris 22:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done! One down, one million to go... Shimgray | talk | 22:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Thats a great photo, good job! LordHarris 23:14, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

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