Government Wants School Children To “Think Like 7/7 Terrorists”

Antaletriangle · 02-21-2009, 01:17 PM

http://www.prisonplanet.com/governme...errorists.html

Crass indoctrination exercise criticized

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Friday, Feb 20th, 2009

A government teaching pack, provided to secondary schools throughout the UK, has been strongly criticized for asking children as young as ten years old to imagine themselves as suicide bombers.

The teaching pack contains an exercise in which children are required to “prepare a brief presentation on the 7/7 bombings from the perspective of the bombers”.

Pupils are asked to put themselves in the shoes of terrorists and provide possible justifications for carrying out attacks such as the ones on the London transport network in July 2005.

The pack has also been adopted by several police forces across the country.

The London Telegraph reports that the pack was made available through a Government-*sponsored website called www.teachernet.gov.uk. It has since been removed in the wake of media attention.

Politicians and 7/7 survivors have criticized the move:

Jacqui Putnam, who survived the Edgware Road bomb on July 7, said: “I can’t see why anyone would think it is a valuable exercise to encourage children to put themselves in the position of men who treated people in such an inhuman way.

“To encourage children to see the world in that way is a dangerous thing. Surely there must be a better way of achieving their objective?”

Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Bar, said the pack risked “encouraging the sort of belief we’re trying to work against”.

Patrick Mercer, the chairman of the Commons terrorism sub-committee, said: “How useful is it to pretend to be a suicide bomber if it defeats the object of the lesson? Imagine the uproar if we suggested that children play-acted the role of Hitler.”

Such indoctrination can be seen as an attempt to bolster the government’s support for the ailing ‘war on terror’ which has been thoroughly exposed as a grossly inflated contrivance used as justification to impose more draconian laws and strip away civil liberties.

Asking young children to imagine themselves as terrorists blurs the lines between horrific acts of extreme violence and everyday life. It forces the issue into people’s faces, even though the threat is almost wholly manufactured and has been hyped to a frenzy in order to secure more power and control and counter resistance towards whatever the government chooses to do.

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alyscat · 02-21-2009, 01:55 PM

Oh, ghod, the stupidity of governments.
alys

02-21-2009, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antaletriangle

http://www.prisonplanet.com/governme...errorists.html

Crass indoctrination exercise criticized

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Friday, Feb 20th, 2009

The pack has also been adopted by several police forces across the country.

Jacqui Putnam, who survived the Edgware Road bomb on July 7, said: “I can’t see why anyone would think it is a valuable exercise to encourage children to put themselves in the position of men who treated people in such an inhuman way.

Think of it as a long-term recruitment drive for MI5.

Humble Janitor · 02-22-2009, 04:41 AM

Like it or not, we should consider the views of those who commit such acts.

The difference is that we should not LEND CREDENCE to those views.

I believe this falls in the latter though.

After all, even the suicide bomber is a human being and we can learn a lot by analyzing what would lead someone to do such a thing.

02-21-2009, 01:17 PM	#1
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Government Wants School Children To “Think Like 7/7 Terrorists” http://www.prisonplanet.com/governme...errorists.html Crass indoctrination exercise criticized Steve Watson Infowars.net Friday, Feb 20th, 2009 A government teaching pack, provided to secondary schools throughout the UK, has been strongly criticized for asking children as young as ten years old to imagine themselves as suicide bombers. The teaching pack contains an exercise in which children are required to “prepare a brief presentation on the 7/7 bombings from the perspective of the bombers”. Pupils are asked to put themselves in the shoes of terrorists and provide possible justifications for carrying out attacks such as the ones on the London transport network in July 2005. The pack has also been adopted by several police forces across the country. The London Telegraph reports that the pack was made available through a Government-*sponsored website called www.teachernet.gov.uk. It has since been removed in the wake of media attention. Politicians and 7/7 survivors have criticized the move: Jacqui Putnam, who survived the Edgware Road bomb on July 7, said: “I can’t see why anyone would think it is a valuable exercise to encourage children to put themselves in the position of men who treated people in such an inhuman way. “To encourage children to see the world in that way is a dangerous thing. Surely there must be a better way of achieving their objective?” Khalid Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Bar, said the pack risked “encouraging the sort of belief we’re trying to work against”. Patrick Mercer, the chairman of the Commons terrorism sub-committee, said: “How useful is it to pretend to be a suicide bomber if it defeats the object of the lesson? Imagine the uproar if we suggested that children play-acted the role of Hitler.” Such indoctrination can be seen as an attempt to bolster the government’s support for the ailing ‘war on terror’ which has been thoroughly exposed as a grossly inflated contrivance used as justification to impose more draconian laws and strip away civil liberties. Asking young children to imagine themselves as terrorists blurs the lines between horrific acts of extreme violence and everyday life. It forces the issue into people’s faces, even though the threat is almost wholly manufactured and has been hyped to a frenzy in order to secure more power and control and counter resistance towards whatever the government chooses to do. Research related articles: School Children Complain Of “Obama Worship” During Lessons Gaza Airstrikes: Did Israel target School Children? SAS kills hundreds of terrorists in ’secret war’ against al-Qaeda in Iraq Children forced into cell-like school seclusion rooms Government admits national DNA database holds records of 40,000 INNOCENT children Mumbai attacks: Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during assault Terrorists in Pakistan planning over 20 attacks on Britain, says Gordon Brown Israeli forces kill five Palestinian children in Gaza Children as Big Pharma Guinea Pigs: 98 Percent of Drug Trials on Children Have no Safety Checks Young Children Now Being Targeted For Statin Drug Use Doctors: Limit families to two children ‘to combat climate change’ Gun Control: Protecting Terrorists and Despots

02-21-2009, 01:55 PM	#2
alyscat Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Washington state Posts: 743	Re: Government Wants School Children To “Think Like 7/7 Terrorists” Oh, ghod, the stupidity of governments. alys

02-22-2009, 04:41 AM	#4
Humble Janitor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,201	Re: Government Wants School Children To “Think Like 7/7 Terrorists” Like it or not, we should consider the views of those who commit such acts. The difference is that we should not LEND CREDENCE to those views. I believe this falls in the latter though. After all, even the suicide bomber is a human being and we can learn a lot by analyzing what would lead someone to do such a thing.