Description: a personal view of the theory of computation
As we know, the last few days, have been tough times for certain groups of students at our universities. The groups have rioted, were then arrested by police, and then been handcuffed and led away to jail.
Mass arrests among students are quite special since such events are extremely rare. Examples of a such events happen in 1968—over 56 years ago. This was the so called Vietnam War riots that were famous when students demonstrated against the it.
The riots today at some of our best places for education have been compared to those from previous times—such as the 1968 ones for example. See here and here .