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UK NEWS: SCHOOL APOLOGISES FOR ‘MORALLY REPUGNANT’ SLAVERY LESSON

November 29, 2012

This is why it is important for parents to teach their children the truth about our history and not to leave it up to teachers who have an agenda. Via The Evening Standard A school was today forced to issue an apology for a history lesson in which  pupils were asked to imagine they were slave traders. The students aged 13 and 14 were shown manacles, a whip, thumb screws and iron brands and asked to come up with a business proposal for how they […]

NONSENSE OF THE DAY: BRITISH ATHLETES ADVISED NOT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH OTHER NATIONS DURING THE OLYMPICS

March 6, 2012

Via The Guardian It may be as stereotypically British as fish and chips or warm beer but Team GB‘s athletes are being advised not to shake hands with rivals or dignitaries at the London Games for fear of wrecking their medal chances. Dr Ian McCurdie, the British Olympic Association chief medical officer, said that illness was one of the major threats to performance in the “pretty hostile environment” of the Olympic Village. Asked whether that meant athletes should avoid shaking hands, Dr […]