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Little platoons

Written by Brandon McGinley, Columnist
Published: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
A unique aspect of undergraduate life — one which is too often cited as a great advantage of the college years — is separation from family and the perceived constraints on our independence that come with the proximity of parental oversight. We ...(back to the article)

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  • 1:34 a.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    level

    tl;dr if you question your parents when you go to college, you are irresponsibly independent, and so you should at least conform to whatever groups you find.

  • 9:02 a.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    AH

    Ah, yes, such bastions of support as the Anscombe Society, many of whose members regularly indulge in hypocritical behaviors after a night out.

  • 12:33 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    @Kneejerkers

    Clearly neither of you have read the article

  • 12:44 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    AH

    The irony is that I (and I presume the first commentator as well) actually did and your choice of nickname reflects the fact that you didn't read the bit about organizations with "mutual obligation."

  • 12:46 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    Classical Liberal

    Brandon is an extremist. The Prince would be better without her! Freedom of speech is fine, but not when opinions, like Brandon's, are dangerous to societal harmony.

  • 5:16 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    @Classical Liberal

    Translation:
    Free speech is fine, but only if it supports *my* ideology.

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