University cancels film screening

3:40pm Tuesday 11th December 2012 in News

The University of Brighton has cancelled the screening of a controversial film following a student backlash.

The documentary House of Numbers has been dismissed by academics and health experts worldwide as AIDS denialist propaganda.

The film, which claims the HIV virus does not cause AIDS, was due to be shown tomorrow (December 12).

However, following a backlash from students and health groups, the university has cancelled the screening.

A spokesman said: “The screening of this film was organised by an individual member of university staff who has no academic or professional expertise in health sciences.

“Our position is clear: We regard HIV and AIDS as extremely serious matters of concern; we provide our students with advice and we support research concerning these issues.”

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Comments(7)

Crystal Ball says...
4:26pm Tue 11 Dec 12

So students protest at an alternative view and opinion? Not very conducive to objective learning.

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LB says...
4:47pm Tue 11 Dec 12

Not so much that they object to an opinion as to quackery being presented as fact?

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sussexram40 says...
6:52pm Tue 11 Dec 12

Who knows if its quackery. People should be allowed to see the film so they can make up their own minds. It's a fact that HIV drugs are netting millions for drugs companies and many HIV studies were funded by drugs companies. No wonder they keep finding that more and more should be on the drugs, more and more have the virus and then they tell us that treatment is prevention. Something's not quite right.

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Algeria Touchshriek says...
11:24pm Tue 11 Dec 12

More bowing down to the liberal left great unwashed scum who call themselves "free speakers"

These students are more fascist than errrrrrr.......... fascists.

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Simon Robert Lane says...
2:37am Wed 12 Dec 12

Well if any of you hasn't seen this documentary yet I suggest you watch it now. You can find it here:

http://youtu.be/_p-t
tLfkZHQ

If you prefer to read rather than to watch a documentary I'd suggest starting here:

http://aras.ab.ca/ai
dsquotes.htm

Congratulations to Dr Cox; the rest of the so-called 'University' doesn't deserve to be referred to as such given how keen it seems to be to silence debate.

Pathetic! You all have blood on your hands! Do you hear?

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Morpheus says...
10:11am Wed 12 Dec 12

Simon Robert Lane wrote:
Well if any of you hasn't seen this documentary yet I suggest you watch it now. You can find it here:

http://youtu.be/_p-t

tLfkZHQ

If you prefer to read rather than to watch a documentary I'd suggest starting here:

http://aras.ab.ca/ai

dsquotes.htm

Congratulations to Dr Cox; the rest of the so-called 'University' doesn't deserve to be referred to as such given how keen it seems to be to silence debate.

Pathetic! You all have blood on your hands! Do you hear?
I have just watched the first 10 minutes of this film and can see no reason why it should have been banned. The university and students seem to burying their heads in the sand.

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matt.freshfield says...
6:43pm Wed 12 Dec 12

The medical profession can prove its claims about HIV/AIDS beyond reasonable doubt. The quacks that claim AIDS doesn't exist are utterly deluded. What they say is utter nonsense. They are some of the freakiest people, they stalk the internet for stories like this to try and convert people to their bizarre cult.

The list of dead AIDS deniers is growing much faster than the people with HIV who accept treatment advised by evidence based medicine.

There is no middle ground here, these people are out and out wrong.

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