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Write to the principal and say what? The children at the high school are making a soldier aware of their opinions. Favorable or not, nobody has the right to stop them being sent. If I were a soldier in Iraq I would want to know people's true sentiments not the sentiments that had been sanitized in fear of being offensive. Is this 1945? Can't we all be mature enough to respect other people's opinions and either accept them as being a alternate point of view or reject them as being uniformed? I'm sure the soldier is mature enough to make that decision for himself.

 

C'mon, Mochi! These are 5th graders, barely out of diapers. This is just indoctrination by their teacher. I believe in separation of church and state, and this guy is forcing his form of religion on young impressionable minds.

 

Well, proceeding on the notion that a nypost tabloid piece might actually be true, the story said they were sixth graders, not fifth graders; not "barely out of diapers". Kids that age can be wiser and more perceptive that you might imagine. The story also made no mention of their being coached or coerced by the instructor. You're making that assumption. Maybe you should try to find something that proves they were not voicing their real opinions. There are an awful lot of people around who agree with them.

 

Ok, SheaNC, I understand there is a huge difference between 5th and 6th graders--(said in typical Snipet fashion). I have a daughter who is going to sixth grade and these kids essentially believe what they are told. Also, the public school system is an indoctrination machine--there is so much material out there available to anyone about this that one only needs to do a little research to find it. Our public school system is based on the Nazi German model. This is part of my book that is slowly being put together. I have written an article about it in the past, and will post it soon.

Thanks for stopping by to visit, SNC!

-Jack

 

Oh, one more thing. If you visit the Snipet often, you will find that it never goes simply on a tabloid story, SNC. Everything on here is generally cross referenced many times through multiple sources. Its what the Snipet is all about.

 

Well mochi & sheanc. My first question is are you american??? Secondly, do you actually have any children? Options? What options? Mochi, maybe you SHOULD be a soldier in Iraq. I doubt very seriously YOU would appreciate the "alternate point of view." I have to agree with Jack...children that age are not mature enough to make that type of decision and I am sure the soldier IS mature enough to decide for himself but I am also sure he is intelligent enough to know that the sentiment voiced in those letters is that of a very uninformed adult. I may not agree 100% about us being over in Iraq but I do think that we should incourage the men and women who are over there (insuring that YOU remain safely over here) by letting them know that their families and fellow Americans are
not teaching our children this lopsided point of view. (talk about retro....seems this anti-american attitude is not a new idea!...remember the 60's and Vietnam?) and Sheanc...get real..do you really think those opinions came from the imaginations of 6th graders? Look at all of the cults not to mention the "children" that make up such a large % of their armies over there..why children??? They are impressionable, easily trained and manipulated. Why do we send our children to school starting at such a young age?...because their minds are open and they believe whatever they are told. We as a society do not allow pray in our public school but we can promote such negative Anti-American practices like this..GO FIGURE!

 

How does the war in Iraq do anything to keep us safer in the US? Porter Goss is already predicting that Iraq will be the new terrorist breeding ground, so what do you know that the rest of us don't?

I love it when any opposing opinion is considered Anti-American. I should have realized we don't live in a free democracy. Believe it or not dissent is very healthy and pro-American, opposing opinions are what drive us forward. After all, you may one day realize you aren't always right.

 

Mochi, I think what Anonymous was getting at was that when the opinions become activistic tools for advancing one's ideological philosophy to the exclusion of rational thought and consideration, then we have something that is detrimental to the country and its citizens. Keep in mind that ideology is IDENTICAL in makeup to relgious faith, and while many call for the seperation of church and state, they don't have any problem allowing ideology into the mix. Same thing, Mochi--just different faiths. If this teacher is anti-war, then it is his moral right to be that way--but just like teachers are prohibited from shoving their morals on students from a religious position, the same should go for an ideological position. Consistency is the key.

I will mention though, that all here have some valid points for consideration--understanding and dialogue is established through the great liberal watchwords: tolerance and concession--without them we just become another incoherent voice of the latest psychobable.

 

o.k mochi...kudos! maybe "anti-american" was the wrong choice of words...seems you answered you own question though...if Iraq is predicted to be a new terrorist breeding ground how is it NOT to our benefit to be over there. remember 911! i believe we do all have the right to our own ideas but have you considered that the soldier these letters were sent to may not even want to be over there..that right or wrong he is there to fulfill a duty to our government and the people of the United States?
And i love it when we sling the word "free" around like it is our right! we have a free democracy because there are men and women who fight to give us that right. the point is that "freedom of choice" is not apparent in this situation. children are taught one teachers point of view and then are instructed to compose letters that endorse it. my point being - why are we allowing a teacher to impress his/her political point of view on these impressionable minds yet we take away their religious right of choice? is this truly a "free democracy"? AND...for the record...i am not pro war, do not profess to be right or wrong but i enjoyed the spar! we can all learn a thing or two from each other.

 

mochi....one more question? have you actually read the article? the soldier himself states that if he had been in Iraq, these negative letters would "mess up my head." how do you see them as beneficial. soldiers are already demoralized enough by the enemy. i'm sure they can't wait to get these types of letters from the youth of the U.S.
how uplifting!

 

I don't think this article has anything to do with the ideology of the left. This is the use of a vicious weapon aimed at the wrong target. As a teacher, if you want to show your students freedom of speech or how to make an opinion heard, I would think you teach them first what they are saying and who it should be said to. A GI is not the appropriate person to aim anger at. The President would be logical.

So whether these children came to an anti-war position on their own is not the issue. That a teacher thought they were educating them is the atrocity.

I'm very left of center and I'm appalled by this.

 

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