That is an interesting article Baggs.
Well, the idea that words and arguments constitute violence is gaining currency.
I wonder if the advent of online discussion is to blame? I am appalled that some discussions (in my experience, and in the Guardian particularly) are completely shut down by savage posters who object to another point of view. Some resort to the most vile insults if others express an opinion which differs from theirs. That this is now happening in Universities across the UK - certain people with views students don't share - will not be invited to speak is worrying. It is a form of extremely dangerous and biased censorship.
In a statement about my Lewis & Clark talk, protesters said that while free speech is an important tenet, freedom stops, they said, when it has violent impact on another individual. There will be no debate here. Well, there was no debate. It wasn't allowed
So only one view (theirs) is acceptable? Frightening. The Thought Police have power.