tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post115348446965751195..comments2024-02-09T05:30:07.127-05:00Comments on Blogpourri: Children and WarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-53741439101683091122007-03-03T15:29:00.000-05:002007-03-03T15:29:00.000-05:00What these Israeli children are doing is OK. I thi...What these Israeli children are doing is OK. I think it helps them feel like they are, in a special way, apart of the solution (kill the terrorist), as opposed to having them hide in bunks and feeling hopeless all the time -- which is a part what the terrorist are trying to accomplish. It's a life and death fight and even the children should have some sense of the realism. Just because we can sitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153829546133131492006-07-25T08:12:00.000-04:002006-07-25T08:12:00.000-04:00Outsider, There is no defined battlefield, it coul...Outsider, <I>There is no defined battlefield, it could happen anywhere.</I><BR/><BR/>That is exactly what I was thinking was wrong with modern warfare. There is no defined battlefield. I put up a post about this in my other blog (<A HREF="http://projectchild.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">Project Child</A>) that I'll put up here as well.<BR/><BR/>Ominous words, those, but true.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153763442223922812006-07-24T13:50:00.000-04:002006-07-24T13:50:00.000-04:00Y, I also feel the same sort of helplessness. :(Ba...Y, I also feel the same sort of helplessness. :(<BR/><BR/>Barbarindian, yes, children need to be taught their history, but children also need to be prepared for the future, and this, certainly is not the way to do it.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153596216840027482006-07-22T15:23:00.000-04:002006-07-22T15:23:00.000-04:00The difference being when Palestinians and Muslims...The difference being when Palestinians and Muslims write such messages it is usually directed towards all infidels. Here the messages were specifically meant for a bloodthirsty terrorist leader.<BR/><BR/>Children need to be exposed to the truth, they need to be taught about Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Kim il Jong and Islamic terrirists.barbarindianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335786532366741947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153575221535498852006-07-22T09:33:00.000-04:002006-07-22T09:33:00.000-04:00God this is terrible.The media is desensitized , t...God this is terrible.The media is desensitized , the next generation is in the process and we in a distant relatively 'safer' world are going to just endlessly ask questions.:(Y?https://www.blogger.com/profile/06620094813504471438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153532114558706102006-07-21T21:35:00.000-04:002006-07-21T21:35:00.000-04:00Gawker, that is the thing that concerns me the mos...Gawker, that is the thing that concerns me the most, where what is unfolding in the Middle East is taking the future generation.<BR/><BR/>Nithya, GG, I know you left your comment before I put the update up. When you get a chance, please do read Lisa Goodman's article. As I say however, although it explains how the pictures came about, it does not make me feel better at the direction in which Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153514428349886672006-07-21T16:40:00.000-04:002006-07-21T16:40:00.000-04:00As an addendum, I am not commenting on whether it ...As an addendum, I am not commenting on whether it is a "good" thing or not, merely the "natural" thing.greatbonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095742894399841700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153514377809164192006-07-21T16:39:00.000-04:002006-07-21T16:39:00.000-04:00Ahem. Pardon me for being the party pooper here--b...Ahem. Pardon me for being the party pooper here--but why is everyone so shocked? Ever since the Intifada, there have been countless pictures of Palestinian children, some mere babies, with guns in their hands---dressed up as jihadis. Where was the indignation then? Or did I miss it?<BR/><BR/>When you have been locked up in a bunker with a man on the opposing side threatening to decimate you, suchgreatbonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095742894399841700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153498468978591542006-07-21T12:14:00.000-04:002006-07-21T12:14:00.000-04:00Now I have seen everything! :(WTF is wrong with th...Now I have seen everything! :(<BR/>WTF is wrong with these soccer moms? Have they gone crazy? I thought parents struggled to explain the reality of war and how complicated things are..<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this eye opening post Sujatha!<BR/>ggggophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152025930955161430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153494779181344742006-07-21T11:12:00.000-04:002006-07-21T11:12:00.000-04:00This is unbelievable. How can such young kids be s...This is unbelievable. How can such young kids be so happy about sending a message to people being killed? It is sorry that a society is guiding kids to be this way. Too bad.Nithyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533861502510765429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1153487724600332382006-07-21T09:15:00.000-04:002006-07-21T09:15:00.000-04:00This is utterly creepy and bizarre. It marks the e...This is utterly creepy and bizarre. It marks the end of humanity. If this is the future generation, well, maybe we should stop hoping for a better future.gawkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081710140055676484noreply@blogger.com