Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 9, 2018 9:12:17 GMT 12
NELSON CITY LIBRARY CLOSES DOWN FREE SPEECH
This is an email that Bruce Moon received in the 11th hour prior to giving a speech at the Nelson Library on 'fake New Zealand history'.
Bruce had just finished putting the finishing touches to his talk (on the link below, with three handouts attached at the bottom of his talk)
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Hi Bruce,
I am sorry but your talk has been called off. At the Library today NCC, Library officials, and two of us from the Nelson Institute met to discuss your planned talk. All 3 of these groups had been contacted by persons saying you should NOT be allowed to talk on this topic, in the Library. BOTH THE NCC AND THE LIBRARY FELT A TALK COULD DISTURB THE PEACE AND BECOME A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.
I made as strong a case as I was able to go ahead, but there were too many dissenting voices and it is, after all, the Library who has to make the final decision as to who may talk in their rooms.
Thank you for offering to give the talk, perhaps one day we may be able to find a venue without such restrictions.
Yours Sincerely,
Paul Lunberg
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BRUCE’S TALK HERE > sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/blogs/bruce-moon/nelson-city-library
Retired Canterbury University Professorial Board member BRUCE MOON.
Bruce is a stickler for getting to the heart of a matter — any matter.
In his successful life he has been:
* a rocket scientist in the UK and Australia
* a Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics
* Director of the Canterbury University Computer Centre
* the first person to install a computer in a New Zealand university
* National President of the NZ Computer Society
* an Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Information Technology Professionals.
* an officer in the Naval Reserve.
What Bruce is not is tolerant of the FALSIFICATION of New Zealand history — in which he has engaged in deep study since retiring (Some 20 + years).
This is an email that Bruce Moon received in the 11th hour prior to giving a speech at the Nelson Library on 'fake New Zealand history'.
Bruce had just finished putting the finishing touches to his talk (on the link below, with three handouts attached at the bottom of his talk)
***********************
Hi Bruce,
I am sorry but your talk has been called off. At the Library today NCC, Library officials, and two of us from the Nelson Institute met to discuss your planned talk. All 3 of these groups had been contacted by persons saying you should NOT be allowed to talk on this topic, in the Library. BOTH THE NCC AND THE LIBRARY FELT A TALK COULD DISTURB THE PEACE AND BECOME A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.
I made as strong a case as I was able to go ahead, but there were too many dissenting voices and it is, after all, the Library who has to make the final decision as to who may talk in their rooms.
Thank you for offering to give the talk, perhaps one day we may be able to find a venue without such restrictions.
Yours Sincerely,
Paul Lunberg
**************************
BRUCE’S TALK HERE > sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/blogs/bruce-moon/nelson-city-library
Retired Canterbury University Professorial Board member BRUCE MOON.
Bruce is a stickler for getting to the heart of a matter — any matter.
In his successful life he has been:
* a rocket scientist in the UK and Australia
* a Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics
* Director of the Canterbury University Computer Centre
* the first person to install a computer in a New Zealand university
* National President of the NZ Computer Society
* an Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Information Technology Professionals.
* an officer in the Naval Reserve.
What Bruce is not is tolerant of the FALSIFICATION of New Zealand history — in which he has engaged in deep study since retiring (Some 20 + years).
