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Issue 12, Semester 1
As the end of Semester 2 draws near, the date for the legal profession’s equivalent of The Hunger Games approaches. In this article De Minimis interviews several veterans of the bruising and occasionally brilliant process to deliver an authentic, unsponsored account of the clerkship period.
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Issue 12, Semester 1
By Kevin Cui If you’ve been keeping track of discussions over content warnings on De Minimis and the Facebook JD page, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the matter has been settled, and the entire cohort is unreservedly on board with the LSS’s proposal to introduce content warning requirements for upsetting or distressing content. Perhaps the absence of vigorous debate or productive counter-arguments is understandable given the fear of being labelled a bigot if one were to express a dissenting opinion. What I don’t believe, though, is that nobody questions the implications of our current approach to handling distressing or objectionable dialogue, or no longer believes in the value of a healthy dose of skepticism. Issue 12, Semester 1
By Ayu Maylinda From personal experiences, I gather that the main contention against trigger warnings is that they potentially stifle freedom of speech in academia. The notion of trigger warnings seems to signal an unwelcome encroachment of freedom of speech, a prized ideal within Western democracies and the tradition of Western liberal thought. There is an unspoken understanding that the University, as the intellectual epicentre of a “free” society, must be a place where opinions can be expressed without censorship or restraint; trigger warnings are seen to prevent freedom of speech from taking place and thus stifling intellectual growth and stimulation. Issue 12, Semester 1
By Ian Khor I still remember the very first conversation I had with an Australian about Malaysia during an ice breaker activity asked during my first undergraduate tutorial. “Where you from, mate?” “Malaysia.” “Malaysia? Where’s that?” “The country above Singapore.” “You mean Thailand?” “No, below Thailand.” “You mean Bali?” |
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