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just heard the teddy in this case

is to be locked away for ever

FREE LITTLE TED

PLAY SCHOOL NEEDS HIM

...hey, don't mock us pumpkins, we have a strong union!!!!! son of Shaun baaaaaa! lol

this woman went over there to help educate these children. perhaps we shouldn't be so keen to give aid in the future.She could have made a big difference if given the chance, perhaps that was IT?!

LOL Errol!

sorry PH , that just made me laugh!

xx

fair point!

So says the person whose parents named her Pumpkin Head lol

fair question

Who chose THE CHILD'S name?

n

D'you not think that when the judge imposed the sentence of jail he was afraid of a backlash against him if he had given her no sentence at all - he probably would have liked to just release her but was too scared of the clerics. My son has been shopping in Tesco's tonight and said there were a load of students in there wearing teddy bear badges with Mohammed written on them - don't know what to think about that. My son's a train driver by the way and a guard with his company has just been disciplined for turning a veiled woman off his train. She was wearing the veil and he could only see her eyes and therefore could not establish that she was the holder of the rail card she produced. He said "I really don;t know if it is you cos I can't see your face, so I'm afraid I can't let you travel" Fair comment there I thought.

Sadly, George, some money is diverted towards new tanks, new rifles, new planes etc. However, if one donates to the right charities some of it does get through - not an ideal situation, I know, but better than nothing.

no argument with that ,George!

Rosexx

I suspect that there must have been some underlying animosity between the teacher and the staff member who reported her. If they had been friendly then surely the secretary would have had a quiet word to explain to the teacher that this wasn't acceptable.

As Mohammed is such a popular name for boys I imagine that it never occured to the teacher that it couldn't be used for a toy. I know that some countries use Jesus as a name but I am sure no English teacher would name a toy that because our culture doesn't ever use it now.
I don't think many Christians or people brought up in Christian countries really understand the position Mohammed the Prophet has in Islam. We know that in Christianity Jesus is seen as the Son of God and part of the Trinity but surely Mohammed isn't actually considered divine?

I'd hate this case to stir up more racial hatred but looking at comments on the AOL home page I see that there are very strong anti Moslem and anti Sudan feelings. Numerous people are talking of never donating to charities working in the Sudan again.

This all shows how much better briefed people who go to work in other countries should be.

Sue

Yes George, that is no doubt true..

.but until ( and if) that ever happens, are we just to abandon the child dying from an easily preventable disease, or deny someone the chance of an education that will benefit not only them but the wider community? to withdraw the support that provides fresh clean water to villages ?
etc etc...because the governments of the country they live in is undemocratic or corrupt?

Money /aid thrown at the problem will not make it go away, but it may just give people a chance to live and (hopefully) ultimately make a difference in their own countries.

Rosex

Just seems a shame to me that pensioners' NI and tax contributions are budgetted in such a way.

They PAID to be looked after not left to live like paupers. It's hardly their fault the government abused their pensions like they did or that the needs of others are considered more important than theirs.xx

A thousand years ago this sort of thing happened in Britian.
Luckily we have advanced towards a more civilised society (not perfect). This sort of thing just shows how far behind some countries are in there way of thinking.

It comes out of different budgets so although in an ideal world we would "look after our own" first, it will not happen.

Irrelevant to the current thread I know and apologies for that. I just had to respond.........


Errol you said: George, Britain provides aid for many countries. Would you rather that aid was not provided and those various peoples suffered terribly?


My reply to this is that I would rather our pensioners were looked after and their lives improved before I even thought of giving aid elsewhere.

*dons tin hat*

Precisely, Eileen!
On the back of your comment I would also add, yes it was the child's idea. If a child in the UK suggested the school hamster was called Jesus or the class teddy was called Beelzebub would that be ok?
Gillian Gibbons should have used her professional judgment as a teracher and in this case it was lacking.
Or maybe, as a country, sadly our children no longer even know who Jesus or Beelzebub are. Perhaps we should look at ourselves and how we act!

I think that there are many different paths leading to the same God, (whatever we choose to name him).

Re aid reaching those who need it, of course it is imperfect...but if only a small proportion of aid given serves its purpose, if one human being who otherwise would die is saved then it is worthwhile (in my opinion).

"Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire".

Rosex