Well I guess this is one way to have a pop at "Guido the Brand", according to the East Lancashire Telegraph, primary school children are being a shown a special video to help them spot terrorists and grass anyone up for having extremist views. THe EL Telegraph reports that, The terrorism message is also illustrated with a re-telling of the story of Guy Fawkes, saying that his strong views began forming when he was at school in York. It has been designed to deliver the message of fighting terrorism in accessible way for children.I'm sure there are many Catholics out there (all heretics natch!) who will be less than pleased with that, along with, of course, a certain blogger who lives by the Guy Fawkes brand.
7 comments:
So Key Stage 2 will now include catholic Grammar schools run by extremist Jesuit priests acting as terrorist recruitment camps. n
No doubt we will find out that guido was called to a secret camp in the Tuscan hills for intensive training before being given his mission in an audience with the Pope. This this a Brownite revenge plot against the world's most unlikely Catholic?
Hmm. I don't think Guido should let his head get too big. Fawkes may have tried to blow up Parliament, but he did it because he believed in the supremacy of the Pope. Whatever way you slice it, he was a violent religious fanatic, and there's certainly a parallel to be drawn with today's jihadis.
I think being brought up in the west of Scotland (Ulster without the guns) is the reason I've never been all that comfortable with him being taken as a mascot by libertarians. Fawkes was no liberal.
Also see here for the security POV:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/06/teaching_first-.html
This is blatant political correctness, and what's worse it stands to create more problems than it deals with. At this moment in time not all Muslims are terrorist's but the majority of terrorists are Muslims. Telling Muslim, or any other children that Catholics were terrorists either in 1605 or 1985 has the potential to justify what happens today, particularly if parents or other influential figures are themselves 'off message'.
The original Guy Fawkes plotted against a newly installed Scottish unelected ruler, who took over the State with a coterie of other Scots and other favourites. He sought to fasten a particular kind of Scottish protestant belief onto what was then a relatively broad church English version. It was a hopelessly corrupt and inefficent government that caused untold economic damage and other strife. So what changes?
Bastards.
So the brainwashing begins! This is the preparation for the Socialist state takeover of the country just like the old East Germany.
Post a Comment