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I'd like to give my opinion, I read all the post, but some of them were impossible to read completly.

There are many atrocities that were commited by the "civilized world".

When Hernan Cortez, the conqueror, conquered Mexico, he and army killed and raped people, distroyded their temples and their religion.

Many people suffered the consequences of the ambitious people that called themselves "civilized people"

Now, the new civilized people deplore all those atrocities.

Trying to difine which is bigger or which people endure more is senseless and worthless.

debo says ...

 I do believe that this matter is shocking, intense and can cause nightmares ~ especially in clean, young minds.

 flooding the minds of children with blood, guts, decapitation, torture, etc...is de-sensitizing them to the reality....and, as a culture, this could come back to bite us on the tookus...(hiney)....ahem.   We seem to be raising generations of children who can look at rape, murder and moral degeneration as if it were "entertaining"... the gladiators and the colliseum(sp?) all over again.

.if we are the creators of our world, wouldn't we want something better for ourselves and our children?

we cannot afford to forget where we've come from ~ we cannot risk repeating our mistakes.   

 

I took all the parts that seem important to me. The question is not IF we expose children to reality, but HOW and HOW MUCH. We need fewer stupid movies that glorify power, death and violence. We need MORE education in the truth, but in smaller amount so as not to cause trauma. Just like a soldier returning from home does not need to revisit it. We don't need graphic photos. We do need just enough to ensure there are no repeat performances.

Hi Don,

Yes, it sounds reasonable... when will it ever be done?

These movies keep coming...and their revenues are in the multi-millions of dollars....

ya know?

Who is calling the "HALT!" ?   and who will listen???

411,

Hoooyah!

We can only be responsible for our own actions....so we need to consider our actions carefully....cause-and-effect is always in play.

It lifts my spirit knowing that some parents care enough to call a halt to unhealthy behaviors!

Thanx for this post.

~debo 

debo,

you are welcome. I like to be that little pebble that is thrown into the pond. I like to see the big trickle my little self can make. I realize that it is optimistic to think I am making a huge impact, but it does impact.

 Derar Debo,

Ah, the "Butterfly Effect" - part of Chaos Theory (my favorite):

The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system. This is sometimes presented as esoteric behavior, but can be exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill might roll into any of several valleys depending on slight differences in initial position.

It is a common subject in fiction when presenting scenarios involving time travel and with "what if" scenarios where one storyline diverges at the moment of a seemingly minor event resulting in two significantly different outcomes.\

The term "butterfly effect" itself is related to the work of Edward Lorenz, and is based in chaos theory and sensitive dependence on initial conditions, first described in the literature by Jacques Hadamard in 1890^[1] and popularized by Pierre Duhem's 1906 book. The idea that one butterfly could eventually have a far-reaching ripple effect on subsequent historic events seems first to have appeared in a 1952 short story by Ray Bradbury about time travel (see Literature and print here) although Lorenz made the term popular. In 1961, Lorenz was using a numerical computer model to rerun a weather prediction, when, as a shortcut on a number in the sequence, he entered the decimal .506 instead of entering the full .506127 the computer would hold. The result was a completely different weather scenario.^[2] Lorenz published his findings in a 1963 paper for the New York Academy of Sciences noting that "One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull's wings could change the course of weather forever." Later speeches and papers by Lorenz used the more poetic butterfly. According to Lorenz, upon failing to provide a title for a talk he was to present at the 139th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1972, Philip Merilees concocted Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas as a title.

Although a butterfly flapping its wings has remained constant in the expression of this concept, the location of the butterfly, the consequences, and the location of the consequences have varied widely.^[3]

The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in a certain location. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. While the butterfly does not cause the tornado, the flap of its wings is an essential part of the initial conditions resulting in a tornado.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

 Dear debo,

Thank you  - and likewise.

But it also ties in with one of my favorite "teaching quotes" (slightly amended to avoid sexism):

Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where Their influence stops.

Henry Brooks Adams

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/a_teacher_affects_eternity-he_can_n...

Yaaaay!!!

We're all paying it forward...and that feels right....deep-down in the marrow.

This calls for a celebration....I'll bring my grin...!

~debo

Oh Dear...John, I think it needs to be a BYOG....since I am no longer teaching and cannot afford the tonic!

But, you can entertain with your stand-up comedy routine.....

Straight Grin for me, please.

~deeb

kmfelder55 says ...

 

I am not for teaching the Holocaust and nothing else.  I am for teaching about Native Americans, Slavery, and the Holocaust. 

 

I am for sticking to the subject. "Does the Holocaust belong in our curriculum?

(Stay tuned for nest week's blog: " Does teaching about Native Americans and Slavery belong in our curriculum?")

 

Yet, why is it not in our school books? Not sure why it is not in their but I am sure it was in our school books when I was growing up.  I do remember learning about the Holocaust and seeing it on T.V. just like Roots.

Publishing company= money+ State and local leaders+other influences=a rewritten or distorted/skewed history.