Teachers told to "not point a finger"

[Kieran]

...or...

"Well Johnny, as you know our country has a long history of oppressing those we feel weaker or inferior to ourselves. Just look at what we did to the blacks and native americans! Times may have changed, but we sure haven't. We meddle in all the world's affairs, whisking our soldiers away to faraway places just hoping to create situtations where our guys might get a chance to unload a clip into defenseless villagers. You might say it is a bit of an American pasttime."

"As it turns out, some of these countries have grown tired of us killing and maiming their women and children, so they have bravely banded together to make us stop. They are uniting around the world to martyr themselves for the cause- just like those brave hijackers last year. It's a shame it cost so many freedom fighters' lives to communicate the message to America- 'Stop being so mean'. We hope we may learn from that, so that no more Islamic lives have to be sacrificed to make the world a better place."

Does that sound acceptable to you, Elf, and the NEA?

[Kieran]

And finally, for Elf (on the outside chance he isn't trolling as usual)-

I have an uncle who served in Viet Nam. He didn't want to go, but did because he was sent and it was his duty. He killed people, saw people die, and came home in one piece. When he got home it was the midst of the anti-war protests, and he heard his share of derision. He wasn't real happy about the way he was treated, nor are any of the other fellows I know who served. So tell me, do we need to do this again to our soldiers? Will you be standing there with your protest signs at the airport (again?) yelling "baby killer" and such crap at them?

[Elfenwolf]

Originally posted by Kieran
Gee, Elf, I could almost see your temples pounding that time.

I'm happy with myself, thanks for the compliment (right wing idealogue). As for personal agenda, I'm not allowed to include one, including inducing a hand-wringing guilt-fest over why we are responsible for those poor Islamic freedom fighters who were forced to bravely sacrifice themselves for a just cause (destroying the Great Satan). Honestly, I think what we should do is get out our mats, point towards Mecca, and pray five times that day. Now that would be something useful and enlightening to teach those kids.

LOL Nah, Kieran, that wasn't my temples pounding, that was my belly shaking. What are YOU looking at? Really, I have three rules-Never post angry, Never post drunk and, above all, Never post while drunk AND angry. And prayer mats in school?? We called them nap mats back in The Day. Speaking of The Day I had a High School US Gov't teacher tell us that when we got drafted he'd consider himself a failure if we actually submitted to the draft and served in Viet Nam. Of course with us being bullet proof he had little impact on conventional  teenage thought in 1967-68. I see a lot of similarities between Viet Nam and what GWB is proposing to be a long, long, LONG war fought halfway around the world. My concern is that teachers of any political persuasion be careful in explaining what they say regarding this issue. Seems like a fair request to me, unless you're willing to offer equal time to an opposing point of view. (FYI I personally would have no problem having you as my child's teacher, nor Shuckins either. I'm sure both of you are dedicated professionals.)

[easymo]

Guys like the gut, and hawk, are doing it right now. They are holding up those signs, and shouting those words, in places like this. The difference this time is that the silent majority is not being silent anymore.