Education, not war, to fight terrorism

by changeling 4 Replies latest jw friends

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  changeling

  http://www.gregmortenson.com/welcome.php

  I saw this guy on the Today Show this morning. After failing to climb K2 he was helped by Pakistani villagers. Since then he has been building schools all over Pakistan and Afghanistan.

  His goal is to fight terrorism with education, being that most jihadis are illiterate.

  He also subscribes to the African philosophy that says: "If you teach a boy, you educate an individual, but if you teach a girl, you educate a village".

  I completely agree with his views of changing the world, one child and one village at a time, through eduaction.

  I'll go out and buy his book: "Three Cups of Tea", this afternoon.

  changeling
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  jaguarbass

  If education could stop terrorism. Why didnt it work for W. He's the worlds greatest terrorist and liar.

  Hes killed more Americans than Osama.

  He's killed more Iraqis than Sadam.
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  Satanus

  Jag
  
  What makes you think that w bush is educated?
  
  S
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  Awakened07

  "What the world

  needs now

  is education

  sweet education.

  It's the only thing

  that there's just

  too little of"

  Seriously though - if one actually succeeded in educating people around the world, one could change a lot. For instance one could teach certain African tribes that having sex with a virgin or infant actually won't cure your HIV/AIDS, but will only make things much much worse... Myths and superstition should be done away with (as accepted fact) and some real facts put in stead. Tough job though. But it has to start somewhere.
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  serotonin_wraith

  The 9/11 hijackers attended college. They were educated.

  They were also brainwashed by religion.

  Many here went to school, maybe even college and university, yet still got brainwashed by the Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Smart people can still be completely wrong when it comes to their religious beliefs. They need to be educated on the religion they follow, from more than a source which is a part of the religion itself.