A teddy bear named Muhammud
11-28-2007, 04:02 PM
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A teddy bear named Muhammud
11-28-2007, 04:14 PM
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At first, I thought it was pretty trivial, but then I thought, how would a Southern Baptist feel if a teacher allowed her class to name a teddy bear Jesus Christ? I guess there'd be quite the uproar and the teacher would be run out of town on a rail.
Now, the punishment seems to, my Western trained mind, to be extremely harsh. And to one brought up with the freedom of speech of the first amendment, jealously protected by groups like the ACLU, (and I think that's a good thing!) the idea of whipping, fining or imprisoning someone for "insulting religion" just doesn't seem right.
Now, the punishment seems to, my Western trained mind, to be extremely harsh. And to one brought up with the freedom of speech of the first amendment, jealously protected by groups like the ACLU, (and I think that's a good thing!) the idea of whipping, fining or imprisoning someone for "insulting religion" just doesn't seem right.
11-28-2007, 04:54 PM
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I guess Muhammed Ali is in big trouble too.
11-28-2007, 05:20 PM
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Matt Damon in Syriana nailed it:
But what do you need a financial advisor for? Twenty years ago you had the highest Gross National Product in the world, now you're tied with Albania. Your second largest export is secondhand goods, closely followed by dates which you're losing five cents a pound on... You know what the business community thinks of you? They think that a hundred years ago you were living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off and that's where you'll be in another hundred years, so on behalf of my firm I accept your offer.
11-28-2007, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Legal Bill,Nov 28 2007, 08:54 PM
I guess Muhammed Ali is in big trouble too.
Muhammad is a common name among Muslim men, but giving the prophet's name to an animal would be seen as insulting by many Muslims.
11-28-2007, 07:18 PM
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What troubles me about this is a teacher without "common sense". She is not exactly the role model to teach "critical thinking".
Then again I ran across an example of this recently. I am employed by a leading Office Automation manufacturer, we hold the contract with our local school system. One of our technicians responded to a call for one of our Multi-Function Products that was not printing. When he arrived on site he found that one of the teachers had loaded the paper into the machine still wrapped in the reams.
And these people are teaching.
Then again I ran across an example of this recently. I am employed by a leading Office Automation manufacturer, we hold the contract with our local school system. One of our technicians responded to a call for one of our Multi-Function Products that was not printing. When he arrived on site he found that one of the teachers had loaded the paper into the machine still wrapped in the reams.
And these people are teaching.
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Originally Posted by S1997,Nov 28 2007, 10:28 PM
Or Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane who named her daughter 'God'.
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/godslick.asp
11-29-2007, 02:53 AM
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I read somewhere, unfortunately I can't find the source right now, that this is actually a recommended practice (naming a stuffed animial and having the kids take it home and write about it) in the British curriculum. If so Ms. Gibbons is really guilty of following the curriculum and not understanding the culture of the nation in which she was teaching.
As far as not understanding the culture of the nation she was in, it's not a justification, but it's something that we Americans and American businesses have been guilty of for decades.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that no harm or insult was intended by Ms. Gibbons.
Here is the article from the NY Times about this
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/wo...a/29sudan.html
As far as not understanding the culture of the nation she was in, it's not a justification, but it's something that we Americans and American businesses have been guilty of for decades.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that no harm or insult was intended by Ms. Gibbons.
Here is the article from the NY Times about this
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/wo...a/29sudan.html