News from Burlington, IA'sHawk Eye got me wound up today.
School kids were dragged into their school auditoriums last week to see a little play that teaches them how "War is never the answer," and that the one our soldiers are dying in was started over "little things".
The ultimate inanity they foist upon these kiddies is this:
"In the play, King Shub, played by graduate student Jessica Griffith, and King Daddams, played by senior Mike Heath, argue over who has rights to an ancient, mystic fountain of water.
"King Shub claims the fountain is his, not wanting Daddams' people to drink from it because 'they are different.'
"'Sharing is not possible,' Shub says.
"Sornea, the Voice of Reason, played by graduate student Tamera Izlar, says, 'Aren't we all different? That's what makes us special or neat.'"
I don't mind kids going to events, but I DO mind when they proselytize during public school hours, when they trivialize Saddam, when they try to tell people that the war is racist in its motivations, when they teach that talking nicely to killers will always make them respect you... in other words, sell them a load of bull on the taxpayers' dollars.
In case anybody has doubts as to why I am singularly upset at the trivializing of Saddam, please read this NYT article.
UPDATE: Little Green Footballs points out that this brings the count to "at least 290 grave sites holding the remains of around 300,000 people."
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