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Originally posted by ThatOneWhiteKid
Ok, I am a freshman in high school, and I have realized just how much is being done to turn the children of America into a mindless expendable youth. Every morning during kindergarten through 8th grade I remember pledging allegiance to the flag. I also remember the day I refused to do it in 8th grade and got a referral for "defiance". Why were they forcing us to say something we didn't even know the vocabulary for at the time? And most interestingly, why can't the left hand be placed over the heart? The whole right hand thing seems a little fascist sounding to me. We are taught that Hiroshima was a justifiable act of salvation, yet for some reason most of us don't even know what the hell Bikini Atoll was (unless you're a dork like me). The same company that publishes most of our schoolbooks also owns most of the major new stations. We are never taught about the atrocities committed on our own soil, everything seems to center around lies, disinformation, and cover-ups.
I do a lot of research on different things and I just happened to find some information that changed my whole perspective on democracy and the whole capitalist system.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Wait..... how could giving the taxing entity the authority and power to educate the children be anything but a great idea?
At least some folks catch on. Makes me feel a little better about these kids today.
I just wonder if the number of kids who 'get it' is greater, equal to or less than the number of kids who are running around touting government as the next lord and savior and blaming all of their lives troubles on the fact that government doesnt have absolute totalitarian control over them.
We should take a poll: a)government gets in your way, or, b)government loves me and will do anything for me up to and including wiping my ass before I lift from the toilet.
Originally posted by ROBL240
Its also the same in the UK where British children are taught that "nasty Germanys" killed thousands in Concentration camps whereas the truth is the reason so many died wasnt due to Gas, but because the British bombed the supply trucks that were going to the Camps to aid the POWs.
Hitler may have had a "perfect race" plan, but with the resources he had the fact he was trying to gas millions of Jews purposely is ludicrous and is just a cover-up by the British Government because they dont want to be publically responsible knowing they killed the POWs by bombing their supplies.
The only reason the POWs were forced to dig graves was due to the fact the Germans didnt want the rest of the survivors to get disease and cause even more problems throughout the camps. A handful WERE gassed, but as a last resort to lighten the load on demand for limited food and water which they didnt have.
They dont tell you this at school because they want British school children to think every German is evil and that we won WW2 for a fair cause.
Originally posted by ROBL240
Its also the same in the UK where British children are taught that "nasty Germanys" killed thousands in Concentration camps whereas the truth is the reason so many died wasnt due to Gas, but because the British bombed the supply trucks that were going to the Camps to aid the POWs.
Hitler may have had a "perfect race" plan, but with the resources he had the fact he was trying to gas millions of Jews purposely is ludicrous and is just a cover-up by the British Government because they dont want to be publically responsible knowing they killed the POWs by bombing their supplies.
The only reason the POWs were forced to dig graves was due to the fact the Germans didnt want the rest of the survivors to get disease and cause even more problems throughout the camps. A handful WERE gassed, but as a last resort to lighten the load on demand for limited food and water which they didnt have.
They dont tell you this at school because they want British school children to think every German is evil and that we won WW2 for a fair cause.