Showing posts with label Censorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Censorship. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 February 2025

This House Supports Government Intervention to Ban Books in Schools

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The eleventh ordinary meeting of the one hundred and seventy-sixth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! The House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Supports Government Intervention to Ban Books in Schools".


Speaking for the Proposition were Tailte McSparron, Jack Murray, and Dermot Hamill, and speaking for the Opposition were the QUB English Society represented by Max Kieran, Zach Savage, and Ciara Swail. Guest-President-ing for the evening was the President of the 169th Session, Calvin Black.


Timestamps as follows:


(00:00:00) Order, order!

(00:01:27) Announcements

(00:03:39) Minutes

(00:11:55) Private Members’ Business

(00:27:20) Presidents Question Time

(00:33:27) Vote on Prior Opinion

(00:36:49) Tailte McSparron, First Prop

(00:44:27) Max Kieran, First Opp

(00:51:56) Jack Murray, Second Prop

(00:58:26) Zach Savage, Second Opp

(01:05:38) Dermot Hamill, Third Prop

(01:13:18) Ciara Swail, Third Opp

(01:22:07) Questions from the House

(01:32:29) Announcement Recap

(01:33:32) The Vote

(01:34:41) Meeting adjourned!


Thanks for listening!

Sunday, 20 January 2019

THW Censor Historical Works

Happy New Year everyone! We're back for another semester's worth of debates for you, the people. Last Thursday 45 members gathered in the senate room to discuss censorship and whether it's ever justified. Also Mr Hubble read us a very rude poem about Brexit. Please enjoy:

"This House Would Censor Historical Works"

Speeches start at 00:49:16.

Join us again next week for a nice, spiritual debate about sins and whether we should forgive them or not.