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  Schooling The World, Documentary Film

  by designs in

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  schooling the world.

  the film looks at colonialism and its effects on indigenous peoples and also looks at the colonizers and their progeny.. http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/schooling_the_world_2010/.

  do you know the people whose land you live on.. the payomkawichun people lived in the valleys i call home.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  I hope the Tribal Leaders retain the knowledge of their history and pass it on to the young - I hope so, too. Do they teach the history and culture of First Nations people in schools in the area so that outsiders can know more about them?
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  Schooling The World, Documentary Film

  by designs in

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  schooling the world.

  the film looks at colonialism and its effects on indigenous peoples and also looks at the colonizers and their progeny.. http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/schooling_the_world_2010/.

  do you know the people whose land you live on.. the payomkawichun people lived in the valleys i call home.

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  Sorry about my last post - I did use paragraphs but I don't know what the f**k happened when I submitted it. Just another thought: the blonde/grey haired madwoman said 'Western aid creates poverty'. She has failed to consider the responsibility of 3rd World politicians to spend Western aid on what it was intended for.
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  Schooling The World, Documentary Film

  by designs in

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  2. current

  schooling the world.

  the film looks at colonialism and its effects on indigenous peoples and also looks at the colonizers and their progeny.. http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/schooling_the_world_2010/.

  do you know the people whose land you live on.. the payomkawichun people lived in the valleys i call home.

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  designs - that was quite an interesting, thought-provoking video. I'd like to make a few points, if I may. First, we must be careful not to make the mistake of conflating culture and race. People have no control over their race/ethnicity, neither can they change it (Michael Jackson excepted). Culture can be changed and improved so it must not be considered sacred. This would give it undue protection from criticism. Second, whenever you see me on other threads posting about how great Western culture is, it doesn't mean that I view all other cultures as worthless. The cultures of aboriginal peoples must have something right for those peoples to survive for millennia. I read a while ago about a tribe from the Andaman Islands who've decided to completely reject the Western World and carry on as hunter/gatherers. Good for them - I wish them all the best. The only issue I would take is the view promoted by the sandal-wearing, fairtrade coffee-sipping Western professors in the video that other forms of education are equal to Western higher education. Sorry, don't know what happened to the font. F**king ridiculous
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  Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

  by Simon in

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  after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

  let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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  Officer Wilson has reportedly resigned from the Ferguson Police Department effective immediately - of course he has. Had he continued, he probably would've been stabbed or shot by people 'protesting' against 'injustice'

  The NAACP is organizing a 7 Day 120 mile march from Ferguson to the capital of Missiouri - good. Should burn a few calories.
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  JW's just like Nazi SS troops?????

  by Crazyguy in

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  is is not true that just like ss troops guarding and operating in a concentration camp jw's would just do whatever they are told?

  ss troops were told to kill jews and most just went along with it without question.

  it scares me to think that most jw's would go along with whatever they're told by their leaders without question..this is one of the reasons why i come here almost every day to see and read posts about whats going on in the religion, so i can be prepared to go save my family from this cult if i need to...

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  I don't think the Nazi comparison works. However, ISIS troops are just like Nazi troops, what with all the genocide and warmongering.

  I think maybe JWs are more like moderate muslims - both groups are mentally manipulated by cults that have harsh doctrines.
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  Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

  by Simon in

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  after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

  let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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  Excellent post, Simon, in particular this: Try and have a discussion about how to make a metter future for black kids and it always ends up with a debate about the past. Maybe that is part of the problem?

  I've gone way off topic trying (unsuccessfully) to show that there's no help like self-help. Disadvantaged black people, like anyone else can surely benefit from this.
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  Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

  by Simon in

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  after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

  let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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  Pacopoolio - although I find it hard to believe you've stopped to consider fully just how much of a blow WW2 was for Japan, you make an excellent point about Japan being its own sovereign nation. You're right, Japanese people were never a downtrodden minority so point taken, I accept your point.

  Moving on, then, to the Kurds. These people have been downtrodden and persecuted. Apart from a brief blip (1920-1923) they've never ruled themselves.

  Out of all the ethnic groups in Iraq and Syria, it is the Kurds who have worked the hardest at embracing democracy, and have been the bravest in defending their homeland from Islamist scum.

  Why?
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  Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

  by Simon in

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  after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

  let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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  You're simplifying what composes a "person" to a large degree - yes, you're probably right.

  Isn't there also a danger of overanalysing a situation, too?

  Take Japan. At the end of WW2 Japan was humiliated - not just due to the human deaths and effects of the two atomic bombs but also due to the Japanese Emperor, believed to be divine, renouncing his divinity. Why is Japan so successful today? Why is it not languishing in squalor?
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  New Star Wars movie trailer

  by poopsiecakes in

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  the first trailer has been released!

  true confession - i'm kind of a geek, always loved star wars and it gave me a bit of a lady boner.

  anyone who knows the franchise is probably familiar with the character wedge antilles.

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  I agree with you, poopsiecakes. I think the new film will be fantastic - I can't wait to see it.

  Although I said that I hoped this new film will be better than the prequal trilogy, there were some great moments in those three films, too, especially in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
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  Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  after a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.

  let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .

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  LoveUniHateExams

  Why would you expect kids to be able to reason like adults with perspective - I wouldn't.

  However, surely teenagers are capable of some independent thought. Plus, encouragement from parents and teachers can help point them in the right direction. I'm not exactly asking for the impossible here.