Group-think and the devaluation of individualismNewsnight interviewed three students on the rioting which as been prevalent of late. These students have been brought up by the Labour government. They are the products of it. So naturally, you'd expect the Cambridge student to be vilified by the other two. As he was. Not for what he was saying, but because he was a Cambridge student. One of the students lambasted the government's stance on individuality - as if it were a dastardly thing. Do they realise what they are saying here? To give into group-think is to denounce the value of individual opinion. To denounce the value of individual opinion is to denounce thought. Assuming the above is true, what makes those students think that we want to hear their opinions?

Newsnight interviewed three students on the rioting which as been prevalent of late. These students have been brought up by the Labour government. They are the products of it. So naturally, you'd expect the Cambridge student to be vilified by the other two. As he was. Not for what he was saying, but because he was a Cambridge student.

One of the students lambasted the government's stance on individuality - as if it were a dastardly thing.

Do they realise what they are saying here? To give in to group-think is to denounce the value of individual opinion. To denounce the value of individual opinion is to denounce thought.

Assuming the above is true, what makes those students think that we want to hear their opinions?

PS: A Blogger gremlin appears to have hijacked the formatting of this post. Heaven only knows why the post is repeated - first in title font!