Above:School of the Americas protest
Above:Sinister plans for puppet production (obviously not from an engineering school student)
Posted on 07/17/2002 4:23:30 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Edited on 05/07/2004 8:00:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
ITHACA -- In most places, youngsters spend their summers camping, or at the mountains or the beach. In Ithaca, they learn how to become social activists.
Sixteen young people, ages 12 to 21, turned up at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center Tuesday night for the third in a series of Youth Action Workshops, "Social Change through the Arts," sponsored by Cornell University's Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy.
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Above:School of the Americas protest
Above:Sinister plans for puppet production (obviously not from an engineering school student)
Very. I have friends who teach there and friends whose children have attended. It's a great example of the same kind of liberal hypocrisy evident in many other supposedly progressive private schools. (Sidwell Friends comes immediately to mind.) It sits in an expensive neighborhood just inside the borders of the City of Atlanta and was founded to provide wealthy white parents with an alternative to the largely black public school system here. But it has flourished by pretending to promote an enlightened view of society--that is, a completely PC view--in which race and gender issues are constantly kept in the forefront of discussion. And, of course, it has black students, in just the right numbers: enough, but not too many for the folks who keep the place afloat.
Okay, so it's not the most technically sophisticated thing we've ever seen - it's not exactly the plans for the Death Star or anything like that. But, using these secret plans, I have been able to determine the weakness in their defenses. You begin at the south end, and rapidly work your way north, finishing with a surgical strike upon the critical central region. I've prepared this diagram to assist you:
Ley asked if Bernstein was saying that because demonstrators say the corporations are evil and drive cars, they are hypocrites.
Another participant joined in that the message was that large corporations should behave more ethically and treat their workers better.
Using the concepts they'd brainstormed at the beginning of the workshop, they decided to build trees to represent nature and vegetables to represent food. They will dance, perhaps, or drum, and sing.
OK....I have a couple of thoughts on this matter. First, the kids sound a lot smarter than adults running the program. I liked the way they pointed out the obvious hypocracy. Gives me a little hope for the future.
Second, I don't know who would be against corporations acting ethically. Sounds like a good idea to me.
Finally, I think it's unfortunate that these kids, who obviously can think for themselves, are being indoctrinated in the art of social activism and protest. Reminds me of the Hitler Youth, albeit kinder and gentler. Kids should spend their summers being kids, not marching and protesting.
Maybe I just come from a simpler time....../rant off.
The above is labeled a "worship puppet" at the United Church of Christ web site, where they also feature the anti Colombia petition and other liberal things.
I have never heard of worship puppets, unless we are really speaking of idols.
They look up to me, and make me feel powerful.
If they are insufficiently animated in their worship of me, I smite them.
LOL!! Also, "Hey, Jenny -- come here and sit on my lap and we can talk about whatever comes up."
I find these quite alarming, myself. Vaguely reminiscent of Babylonians.
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