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2003-12-31 Arabia

Kuwaiti MPs Oppose âAmericanizing Textbooksâ

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I recommend Derrida, Foucault, Husserl. Especially Husserl.

(mutters) As if it's not bad enough we are 600 years behind decadant Western powers...

Posted by Mahmoud, the Weasel 2003-12-31 3:06:18 AM|| 2003-12-31 3:06:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 But no Mickey Spillane. They're not advanced enough for that.

Posted by Fred 2003-12-31 10:54:35 AM|| 2003-12-31 10:54:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Kuwaiti lawmakers warned the government yesterday against bowing to US and Western pressure to change school textbooks to omit references seen as promoting terror and extremism, and insisted they would not accept the âAmericanizationâ of education.

Lemme get this straight - pruning textbooks of incitements to terrorism and extremism is "Americanization"? So can this be taken to mean that promoting terrorism and extremism is "Islamicization"?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-31 12:02:31 PM|| 2003-12-31 12:02:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 So can this be taken to mean that promoting terrorism and extremism is "Islamicization"?

[cue music] We have a win-ner!

Posted by Steve White 2003-12-31 12:30:07 PM|| 2003-12-31 12:30:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Hello Dick" said Jane.

"Cover your face Jane or you may be stoned" answered Dick.

"My bad" said Jane meekly. "Oh look Dick!" Jane shouted encourgingly. "See Spot!"

"Filthy vile thing," said Dick seething.

Posted by Lucky 2003-12-31 1:16:03 PM|| 2003-12-31 1:16:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Lucky, let me know when you get to the honor killing part.

Posted by tu3031 2003-12-31 1:20:19 PM|| 2003-12-31 1:20:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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