The Cambridge Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Cambridge Union, is a debating
Debate
Debate or debating is a formal method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examine the consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examine what is or isn’t the case or rhetoric which is technique of persuasion....
society in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
. Throughout its nearly two centuries of continuous operation, the Union has developed a worldwide reputation as a noted symbol of free speech and open debate. Additionally, as one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the world, the Cambridge Union served as a model for the subsequent foundation of similar societies at several other prominent universities including the Oxford Union
Oxford Union
The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, UK, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford....
and the Yale Political Union
Yale Political Union
The Yale Political Union , a debate society that is the largest student organization at Yale University, was founded in 1934 by Professor Alfred Whitney Griswold , who would later become University President, to combat the apathy that characterized Yale’s political culture in the 1930s....
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The Cambridge Union was founded on 13 February 1815 as a union of three debating societies and quickly rose to prominence in University life.
Which one was it that debated pacifism just before WWII?
(I think the pro-pacifism crowd won)
I thought Savage was banned from England because his words incite violence, now they want him to come to England to ‘incite violence’? Does not compute.