The types of momentos for sale in Gaza. The twin towers - aflame - are at the mullah's feet. He is holding the Pentagon.
for November 17, 2006
Britain faces a serious threat from Muslim extremists trying to recruit university students to terrorism, Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell is warning.
Mr Rammell will release new guidance on what lecturers should do to tackle violent groups targeting vulnerable undergraduates and preaching hatred on campus.
The guidance contains advice on how to respond if staff suspect groups are circulating extremist literature to students or if they are concerned about radical speakers visiting a university.
Mr Rammell insisted Muslims were not being singled out - but he stressed that the threat from Islamic radicals must be faced head on.
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I find this fascinating; as I read the article (please do so at the link above - it's a long one with a lot of detail I haven't posted), I confess I noticed my mouth was hanging open. Not because the British have the audacity to do this - I have no such overly-PC convictions - more power to them. But because this wouldn't work here. I have to wonder if the atmosphere in UK universities is so much different from that of those here in the U.S.
Perhaps it is. . . I suppose that the British - given the immigrant situation in their cities - may hear the immediate knock of militant Islam on the door of their daily lives much more loudly than we do. . . yet. Certainly the fundamentalist Islamic community is much more openly vocal there at present. How might that effect the PC atmosphere in a given university, existing as many do in cities where nearby mosques are the meeting places for those bent on destruction of British society.
It wouldn't work here because the general PC attitude at our universities - guarded fiercely by the faculty themselves - is extreme suspicion of our government, tolerance for all views (except of course the views of Christians, WASPs and Republicans - may they all burn in Hell) and a refusal to entertain the thought that any fellow faculty member might have some shady associations with organizations interested in the overthrow of the U.S. as we know it, not to mention the thought that any student might pose a danger to the school or surrounding society.
Can you imagine asking these very faculty members to keep watch on suspicious behavior - as defined by authorities - of students within certain ethnic groups, and when noting said suspicious behavior write it up and submit it to those bent on doing something about it?
Sorry - I'm laughing too hard to finish this in any intelligent manner. Please let me know what you all think.
Mac
