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reno
Dec 16, 2006, 11:44 AM
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Heya, UB:
Can you post up a brief synopsis for those of us so technologically inept and repressed that we don't have a clue what a podcast is?
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squierbypetzl
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Dec 16, 2006, 12:55 PM
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reno wrote: Heya, UB: Can you post up a brief synopsis for those of us so technologically inept and repressed that we don't have a clue what a podcast is?
guess not. . .
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stymingersfink
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squierbypetzl wrote: reno wrote: Heya, UB: Can you post up a brief synopsis for those of us so technologically inept and repressed that we don't have a clue what a podcast is? guess not. . .
This American Life Podcast Synopsis wrote: WBEZ "this American Life" Podcast Page Serry and her husband's love story began in a place not usually associated with romance: the West Bank. It was there that the couple met, fell in love and decided to get married. Then Serry, who was American, convinced her Palestinian husband to move to America. She promised him that in America their children would never encounter prejudice or strife of any kind. But things didn't quite work out that way. This week, two different cultures � Muslim and non-Muslim, East and West � try to understand one another, convince one another, with very mixed results. Broadcast the weekend of December 15-16 in most places, or here via free podcast, download, and streaming MP3 next week. |
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overlord
Dec 16, 2006, 11:35 PM
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the link doesnt work for me. but it sounds like an interesting topic... will have to see if i can find it
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coloredchalker
Dec 18, 2006, 8:46 AM
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stymingersfink wrote: ... She promised him that in America their children would never encounter prejudice or strife of any kind. But things didn't quite work out that way. This week, two different cultures � Muslim and non-Muslim, East and West � try to understand one another, convince one another, with very mixed results. Broadcast the weekend of December 15-16 in most places, or here via free podcast, download, and streaming MP3 next week.
I haven't listened to this podcast but just reading the bold text made me roll my eyes. Some people are niave (sp). Stupid people, get a clue.
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fluxus
Dec 18, 2006, 8:57 AM
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I heard the story on the way home from work on friday. Made me sick to my stomach. But the story was about far more than the girl's clueless teacher, who was depicted as the worst kind of christian imaginable, it was about the other kids (who's religions, ir any, were not stated in the story) and their hateful behavior, and school admins. who wouldn't take the necessary action, and about a school disctrict that openly promoted anti-islamic propaganda.
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madriver
Dec 18, 2006, 9:58 AM
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you mean it was an isolated story about religious intolerance and prejudice in the U.S. Go tell...well doesn't that beat all. Why just the other day I was telling my kids that there was no more racisim in America since Madonna started adopting African babies....crap.....now I'm going to have and explain that only certain people are tolerant of all and that Americans are not what they seem....
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L. Maddox
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unabonger
Dec 19, 2006, 10:07 AM
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madriver wrote: you mean it was an isolated story about religious intolerance and prejudice in the U.S. Go tell...well doesn't that beat all. Why just the other day I was telling my kids that there was no more racisim in America since Madonna started adopting African babies....crap.....now I'm going to have and explain that only certain people are tolerant of all and that Americans are not what they seem.... Love L. Maddox
Despite the tag line promo about the woman's expectations, this wasn't much except a sub theme of the piece.
And what made it heinous was that it wasn't "isolated". First of all, it was teachers, families, and school administrators, really a whole community that fucked them over. It could (and probably does) happen anywhere in the USA. The danger of religious intolerance is that "isolated" incidents start happening regularly.
Without clear separation of church and state, there would be no remedy for the abuse done to this family, which was virtually destroyed by ignorant teachers, families, and the school administration. The US DOJ took up the case and forced the school system into a settlement. They should have fired the teacher but apparently decided to give her "diversity training". Ech. She should be fired, sued, and fined.
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madriver
Dec 19, 2006, 11:45 AM
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unabonger wrote: madriver wrote: you mean it was an isolated story about religious intolerance and prejudice in the U.S. Go tell...well doesn't that beat all. Why just the other day I was telling my kids that there was no more racisim in America since Madonna started adopting African babies....crap.....now I'm going to have and explain that only certain people are tolerant of all and that Americans are not what they seem.... Love L. Maddox Despite the tag line promo about the woman's expectations, this wasn't much except a sub theme of the piece. And what made it heinous was that it wasn't "isolated". First of all, it was teachers, families, and school administrators, really a whole community that fucked them over. It could (and probably does) happen anywhere in the USA. The danger of religious intolerance is that "isolated" incidents start happening regularly. Without clear separation of church and state, there would be no remedy for the abuse done to this family, which was virtually destroyed by ignorant teachers, families, and the school administration. The US DOJ took up the case and forced the school system into a settlement. They should have fired the teacher but apparently decided to give her "diversity training". Ech. She should be fired, sued, and fined.
...so you mean that the combined effort of a community school, lead by a teachers intolerance of a certain religion, lead to the incident? Isolated? UB, besides religious intolerance of Jews and Catholics throughout most of 19th and 20th century USA, and the continued intolerance of Middle Eastern Islam toward any religion other than Islam, why do you think this is isolated? Hatred, intolerance, Religion, sounds like business as usual to me. Every other religious thread on this site turns into a hate fest. The difference I see between us (Americans) and the say the Middle East is our ability to see hatred and intolerance amongst ourselves and have the ability to recognize it and absolve or resolve it. Media hype of isolated instances of such transgressions may be needed to point out a simmering resentment we have toward Muslims. But do you think as a whole we Americans would turn on a particular Religious group or Ethnic group already entrenched into our society and persecute them in an organized effort such as the story you post? The cynics will say we already do, but I see American ideals and values as one of tolerance. Our history of routing out this intolerance is what separates us from Islam and many other cultures throughout the world.
So yeah, while I can’t listen to your Podcast, I’ll believe just about anything when it comes too human hatred. But what I do know is that if there is anyplace in the world that will rebuke it, it is the good US of A.
Merry Christmas and Happy Climbing
Yours truly,
S. Claus and Elves of dubious religious origin
(This post was edited by madriver on Dec 19, 2006, 12:22 PM)
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