You can see why this teachers' outfit would want to emphasize such "activism" instead of, say, basic skills in reading, writing and 'rithmatic. A focus on the latter could well result in kids who would be able to think for themselves, and what good would such citizens be to the leftist utopia which demands and depends on grumble-free Groupthink? (BTW, you the Canadian taxpayer are on the hook for funding a portion of this nonsense since our very own "human rights" mausoleum is one of its partners.)
Right from the start, when the Bill Cosby scandal surfaced, I knew it was not going to bode well for Hillary’s campaign, because young women today have a much lower threshold for tolerance of these matters. The horrible truth is that the feminist establishment in the U.S., led by Gloria Steinem, did in fact apply a double standard to Bill Clinton’s behavior because he was a Democrat. The Democratic president and administration supported abortion rights, and therefore it didn’t matter what his personal behavior was.
But we’re living in a different time right now, and young women have absolutely no memory of Bill Clinton. It’s like ancient history for them; there’s no reservoir of accumulated good will. And the actual facts of the matter are that Bill Clinton was a serial abuser of working-class women–he had exploited that power differential even in Arkansas. And then in the case of Monica Lewinsky–I mean, the failure on the part of Gloria Steinem and company to protect her was an absolute disgrace in feminist history! What bigger power differential could there be than between the president of the United States and this poor innocent girl? Not only an intern but clearly a girl who had a kind of pleading, open look to her–somebody who was looking for a father figure.
I was enraged! My publicly stated opinion at the time was that I don’t care what public figures do in their private life. It’s a very sophisticated style among the French, and generally in Europe, where the heads of state tend to have mistresses on the side. So what? That doesn’t bother me at all! But the point is, they are sophisticated affairs that the European politicians have, while the Clinton episode was a disgrace.
Indeed. But to the media, only one of the Bills is a horrible rapey horndog.
Mr Hardwick emphasised that it was important to distinguish between inmates whose devout behaviour could “reduce the likelihood of future offending” and those with “extremist attitudes and behaviour” who were “seeking to radicalise others”.
How could The Big Kahuna (Allah, not Zafar) not be on the side of Iran's enrichers given that, as Zafar notes, "Iran's leadership" is "not seeking personal or group interest but follows the pristine principles of Islam"? Good point, Zaffy. Khamenei and his crazy coterie are nothing if not, um, "pristine"--especially in their determination to get rid of the "Zionists" who dare defy Islam's "pristine" precepts by ruling over a miniscule parcel of land that, having once been conquered by Muslims, belongs in perpetuity to Allah. That said, Bangash does see a downside to Iran rejoining the world's economic community. "The greatest danger," he warns,
is in the cultural field: the West’s hedonistic culture must not be allowed to undermine Islamic values in the only Islamic state in the world today...
However, as long as they hew to the "pristine" stuff, their success is pretty much a given:
“O you who have made a firm commitment to Allah! If you help [the cause of Allah], He will help you and will make firm your steps…” (47:07).
The bolds, BTW, are Zafar's, so you know he thinks these words are mega-important. It's odd, though, that he would want to remain here, in un-pristine Canada, when the purity of his Mothership beckons him home. (If it's a matter of finances, I'm sure there are more than a few who'd be willing to chip in some coin to send him there.)
