Imagine if an entire school system of 46,000 students decided to set aside one day and have a pro-life teach in. You know, invite people in to talk about how having an abortion stops a beating heart, show kids pictures of fetuses that don’t look all that different from newborns babies, and bring in a couple of fire and brimstone conservatives to talk about the evils of our death worshipping culture.
But Oakland, California, sees nothing wrong with this sort of approach for indoctrinating children about a possible war with Iraq.
As an aside, the interesting thing is how these things also tend to backfire. My daughter attended one of those Project D.A.R.E.-style events at her school which was supposed to warn them about the evils of drugs, alcohol and smoking. Instead, she and her friends were apparently very impressed by the image of a smoking doll that one of the presenters used. Thanks a lot, folks.