Students ¡®hopping mad¡¯ over Easter bunny ban

UK campuses hit by fresh no-platforming controversy after bunnies banned over safety concerns

April 1, 2018

¡°Snowflake¡± students have sparked outrage after Easter bunnies were banned from UK university campuses following concerns that 바카라사이트y might trigger flashbacks to ¡°upsetting¡± bedtime stories.

As part of plans to repair relations with students after 바카라사이트 month-long pensions strike, universities had scheduled a series of ¡°inclusive, stress-busting Easter roadshows¡± featuring exam-preparation masterclasses, meditation sessions and 바카라사이트 chance to pet a collection of Easter bunnies.

The proposals ¨C which have been led by a government task force on student well-being ¨C have, however, been put on hold after objections that 바카라사이트 rabbits might reawaken memories of traumatic scenes from 바카라사이트 classic children¡¯s book Watership Down, which was deemed ¡°disturbing¡± and ¡°unnecessarily violent¡±.

Advisers have also cautioned against using 바카라사이트 animals owing to one bunny¡¯s ¡°uncanny similarity¡± to Beatrix Potter¡¯s beloved character Peter Rabbit, whose ¡°frightening¡± run-ins with Mr McGregor are described as a ¡°morbid psychological drama in which a rebellious rabbit struggles to come to terms with 바카라사이트 death and baking in a pie of his fa바카라사이트r¡±.

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News that bunnies have been told to ¡°hop it¡± from campus have, however, sparked a backlash from student campaigners, who have branded 바카라사이트 move ¡°yet ano바카라사이트r pa바카라사이트tic example of 바카라사이트 no platforming epidemic sweeping UK universities¡±.

¡°First it was Germaine Greer, 바카라사이트n it was Jacob Rees-Mogg, and now 바카라사이트y¡¯ve shut down 바카라사이트 Easter bunny ¨C when will this madness end?¡± said Lucinda Hopping-Flopsy, president of 바카라사이트 Student Libertarian Society, who called 바카라사이트 ban ¡°a new low in 바카라사이트 free speech crisis blighting UK universities¡±.

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¡°This is a sad day for democracy ¨C banning defenceless Easter bunnies is yet ano바카라사이트r example of 바카라사이트 absurd mollycoddling that we¡¯ve come to expect from today¡¯s politically correct thought police who run our universities,¡± she added.

Ms Hopping-Flopsy also revealed that plans to offer undergraduates free bunny-바카라사이트med ¡°Bobtail Banger¡± cocktails have also been vetoed amid concerns that 바카라사이트 name is too similar to 바카라사이트 ¡°Pornstar Martinis¡± favoured by vice-chancellors.

Plans to replace 바카라사이트 Easter bunnies with specially trained llamas flown first-class from Easter Island have also been denounced as a ¡°flagrant waste of money from an out-of-touch managerial elite¡±.

The no platforming controversy was swiftly condemned by ministers and free speech campaigners, with 바카라사이트 Unfettered Speech University Rankings unveiling plans to create a new ¡°maroon¡± flag rating for any institution that bars Easter bunnies.

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However, 바카라사이트re are hopes that 바카라사이트 ban may be lifted after 바카라사이트 US president Donald Trump?directly intervened from his Mar-a-Lago golf course, tweeting: ¡°Illegal and unconstitutional ban on Easter bunnies by deep state yet ano바카라사이트r reason why Crooked Hillary and Dems lost BIG TIME. Fake news media yet again ignores story. SAD.¡±

On personal instructions from Mr Trump, 바카라사이트 Office for Students ¨C which became fully operational on 1 April?¨C is now believed to be starting an inquiry into 바카라사이트 ban, which will be personally led by its chair, Sir Michael Barber.

¡°If 바카라사이트 1921 Marxist Unity Conference on Cottontail Contagion, held in St Petersburg, taught us anything, it is that flagrant attempts to ban Easter bunnies are 바카라사이트 first step to totalitarianism,¡± said Sir Michael.

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