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OT Remembrance Monday Bank Holiday petition
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:54:37 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ) : On 13/1/08 15:24, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:49:19 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : On 13/1/08 14:41, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:29:25 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 13/1/08 14:19, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:59:24 +0000, Eddy wrote (in article ): Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I have difficulty understanding why 1) being about to teach about the world wars and the Holocaust should be so noteworthy as to be worthy of being declared in the staff room. 2) why doing so should be the occasion of being the recipient of black looks. It's because "anything to do with guns and war and killing" is simply wrong, Stewart! Guns, and war, and killing is thought to equate to patriotism, nationalism, jingoism - and these things too equate to each other and are also thought to be just as wrong! I believe the attitude stems from fashion, ignorance, fear, and irresponsibility. Eddy. I should point out that as I understand it (check with the BBC if you don't believe me) in England, teaching children about the Holocaust is _/compulsory/, and it is not banned elsewhere in the UK. BUT didn't I read somewhere just recently that there is now talk of banning such teaching because it is offensive to Muslims? What one reads in the papers and reality are often very different. In what way is the holocaust offensive to Muslims, other than that some of them are being treated as untermenschen by those who didn't learn from recent history? This is what The Times Online has to say: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1600686.ece And this is what the BBC has to say: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6563429.stm Thanks, Sally. I'm glad to read that teaching about the Holocaust is to be compulsory. IMO religion should have nothing to do with teaching about wickedness and the consequences of moral inertia. I read it as already being compulsory. Sorry if I came on a bit strong, but I was so fed up with getting this round-robin email, which has apparently being going around since last April. When we wrote back that it was untrue, the recipient went into high dudgeon and practically accused us of being anti-semitic. Sigh. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation churchyard: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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OT Remembrance Monday Bank Holiday petition
On 13/1/08 16:38, in article
, "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:54:37 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : On 13/1/08 15:24, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:49:19 +0000, Sacha wrote (in article ) : On 13/1/08 14:41, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:29:25 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 13/1/08 14:19, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:59:24 +0000, Eddy wrote (in article ): Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: I have difficulty understanding why 1) being about to teach about the world wars and the Holocaust should be so noteworthy as to be worthy of being declared in the staff room. 2) why doing so should be the occasion of being the recipient of black looks. It's because "anything to do with guns and war and killing" is simply wrong, Stewart! Guns, and war, and killing is thought to equate to patriotism, nationalism, jingoism - and these things too equate to each other and are also thought to be just as wrong! I believe the attitude stems from fashion, ignorance, fear, and irresponsibility. Eddy. I should point out that as I understand it (check with the BBC if you don't believe me) in England, teaching children about the Holocaust is _/compulsory/, and it is not banned elsewhere in the UK. BUT didn't I read somewhere just recently that there is now talk of banning such teaching because it is offensive to Muslims? What one reads in the papers and reality are often very different. In what way is the holocaust offensive to Muslims, other than that some of them are being treated as untermenschen by those who didn't learn from recent history? This is what The Times Online has to say: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1600686.ece And this is what the BBC has to say: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6563429.stm Thanks, Sally. I'm glad to read that teaching about the Holocaust is to be compulsory. IMO religion should have nothing to do with teaching about wickedness and the consequences of moral inertia. I read it as already being compulsory. Sorry if I came on a bit strong, but I was so fed up with getting this round-robin email, which has apparently being going around since last April. When we wrote back that it was untrue, the recipient went into high dudgeon and practically accused us of being anti-semitic. Sigh. I'd forgotten that I got it, too and then later read the newspaper reports. You didn't come on too strong - I think it's important to get things like that straight. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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