Children's Story Time
We are all familiar with story time in school. This is when the children gather round the teacher, and a book or short story is read that entertains them, and that sometimes offers a moral in such a way that the young minds can take it in and understand. Children are like sponges so that the message will typically be absorbed to some extent. Some children will get it totally, while others to a lesser degree.
The following video clip is story time of a different type. It was posted on Memri TV, and has a man telling a tale that has the children mesmerized. It is about a young woman, Wafa Idris, whose desire is to become a suicide bomber and of how she is permitted to do just that. The children are mesmerized by the story, and have many questions. The questions are not, however, asking why she would want to do this. The fact that she does seems to be accepted as a good thing.
Are these children going to grow up tolerant of those with different ideas or way of life? Or will they want to follow in the footsteps of Wafa Idris? Watch the video.
Comments
It's awful and the sad thing is both are doing similar acts to each other. I read once an article about how young Israeli children are trained to use weapons and during training, they hear and chant back chants of hatred against Palestinians. To use the children as a weapon of revenge is WRONG. Never mind the whole approach.
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