As for F-911, the two are completely irrelevant so I do not understand
the comparison.
-Bonnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark W. Kopp" <iu8film@iu08.org>
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:12 am
Subject: RE: [Videolib] Military Ads on Chanel One
> Where was your outrage when schools showed Fahrenheit 911?...hmmmm?
>
> Oh, that's right...someone claimed THAT was a documentary!!
>
> THERE'S NO SHAME IN VOLUNTEERING FOR THE UNITED STATES
> MILITARY!!!!!!!!!Without them, neither of us could have our own
> opinion and share it!!
>
> Mark
> *****************************************
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Melissa
> Riley
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:31 PM
> To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [Videolib] Military Ads on Chanel One
>
>
> fyi
>
> >From: "U.S. Labor Against the War" <uslaw@igc.org>
> >To: (Recipient list suppressed)
> >Subject: [uslawaffiliates] MILITARY TV IN THE SCHOOLS
> >Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:38:43 -0800
> >
> >
> >Why Go to College, When You Can be Cannon Fodder?
> >Do You Know What Your Kids Are Watching on "Educational" TV at
> School?>
> >By Dr. TERESA WHITEHURST
> >
>
><http://counterpunch.org/whitehurst02172005.html>http://counterpunch.or
> >g/whitehurst02172005.html
> >
> >"A parent who's too busy or doesn't realize the importance of
> tuning in
>
> >to his or her child often expresses surprise when the child gets
> into
> >trouble or drops out of school. The child knows, but can't
> explain,
> >that those "bad kids" he or she hangs out with are alike a
> lifeline.
> >This is the secret pullall the unpleasantness and risk in the
> world is
> >worth the feeling of being seen and heard by someone."
> >
> >from
>
><http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801065291/counterpunchmaga>Jes
> >us
> >on Parenting: 10 Essential Principles that Will Transform Your Family
> >
> >I learned something new yesterday. Channel One News, the
> "educational"
> >TV show that my daughter Isa and millions of other American kids
> watch
> >every morning at school, is busy recruiting our teenagers into
> the
> >military.
> >
> >"Mom, they're really aiming at the black kids, and the Hispanic
> kids
> >too. I'm so sick of seeing those military ads everyday. "The
> Power of
> >One", and all that lots of my friends are falling for it!"
> >
> >This is especially upsetting to Isa because several of her black
> >friends, 18, 19 and 20 years old, have been shipped to Iraq. Some
> were
> >promised they wouldn't have to be in combat, but would be doing
> >"mechanical work", "communications", or "wiring".
> >
> >It seems doubtful that, when push comes to shove, kids who've
> been
> >promised such jobs will be allowed to avoid combat. One of her
> friends
> >has already been shot "in an embarrassing place"; he's being
> treated
> >overseas instead of the US so that he can be sent quickly back
> into
> >combat in Iraq. Mr. Bush's military needs warm bodies, able or not.
> >
> >I stopped the car and asked, "Wait a minute. What do you mean
> when you
> >say you're "seeing those military ads every day"?"
> >
> >"We have to watch this short thing every morning in homeroom
> called
> >"Channel One News"," Isa explained with a weary tone. "It's
> >educational, supposedly. You know, the day's news, so we'll be up
> on
> >current events. But in between the stories, there are more and
> more ads
>
> >for the Army and the Marines."
> >
> >I thought about "No Child Left Behind" and the malignant purpose
> behind
> >that sweet-sounding act that Mr. Bush and his men (and at least
> one
> >journalist paid $250,000 by the White House) have continuously
> promoted
> >to trusting parents across the US. After catching my breath I asked,
> >
> >"Are you saying you're being recruited through the TV you watch
> during
> >homeroom?" She nodded. I asked again, "What do your teachers
> think
> >about this? What about Mr. Hitchens (not his real name), who told
> you
> >privately that he's antiwar? Doesn't he say anything against it?"
> >
> >Persuaded Away from College, Towards the Military
> >
> >"No, I think the teachers and the kids are so used to it at my
> school
> >that they don't even notice anymore. I mean, the other day I was
> >walking to Sociology class and heard the ROTC instructor telling
> the
> >kids, "Okay, this is how you hold your M-16". The whole culture
> of the
> >school is military these days, so nobody notices anything unusual
> about
> >this. And I think the few teachers who aren't prowar or proBush
> are
> >afraid to get in trouble if they say anything that doesn't sound
> >pro-military."
> >
> >As noted in my recent articles on military recruitment and the
> coming
> >draft, for two years my daughter and I have been fighting the
> >aggressive and often sneaky efforts of military recruiters to
> sign her
> >up. Certainly they don't want her for her physical prowess-she
> weighs
> >98 pounds-so I can only assume they want her for other reasons.
> Either
> >they've seen her high verbal scores, or they just want young
> >bodies-even a tiny one-to serve as cannon fodder.
> >
> >With a military recruiter present every day in the cafeteria,
> military
> >"speakers" visiting classrooms, and huge recruiting posters in
> the
> >guidance office, perhaps it's not surprising that teachers and
> even
> >guidance counselors have been influenced by the constant hum of
> >"enlist, enlist, enlist". Students at Isa's school are told that,
> yes,
> >they could consider college, but that it's "very expensive" and
> "may
> >not guarantee you a job", while the military "will pay for
> college" and
>
> >"practically guarantees you'll have a great career". Oh, and "a
> big
> >cash bonus right now if you sign up today!"
> >
> >Joining the military is presented as the one and only path of
> honor,
> >heroism, and service to one's country. Many students, not
> surprisingly,
> >want to be heroes or get out of poverty, so they're signing up in
> >droves. College recruiting is a rarity at this school, and at her
> >previous school, as well. Ah, but military recruiters are
> constantly
> >lurking around, spending quality time with fatherless boys,
> handing out
>
> >materials, giving "aptitude tests" (played down as "just helping
> you
> >figure out what you're really good at"), handing out Marine
> bumper
> >stickers, and otherwise making their smartly-uniformed presence
> known.>
> >"It's just everywhere", Isa continued. "Here's an example: In gym
> we
> >don't exercise or play sports like we used to do-now we "sound
> off",
> >just like in the military, while running and doing jumping jacks,
> >push-ups, and pull-ups. The freshmen are told to shout, "one,
> two!",
> >then the sophomores are supposed to answer, "three, four!", and
> then
> >the whole group of us has to say "Sound off!" I mean it's
> ridiculous
> >Mom! How are you supposed to exercise while you're shouting at
> the top
> >of your lungs?"
> >
> >As I started driving again, I took a moment to reflect on this
> >"military culture" that's replacing the educational culture in
> >America's public schools. Surely Channel One News, which parents
> and
> >educators have criticized from the start as nothing more than a
> way to
> >let corporations advertise their products directly to kids
> without
> >their parents' knowledge, wouldn't go so far as to market the
> military
> >to children as a (better, more heroic, more exciting) alternative
> to
> >college? Surely they wouldn't override Mom and Dad by sneakily
> >recruiting through "educational" TV at school? Would they? Could
> they?>
> >To be continued in, "Military Recruiting Commercials on
> "Educational"
> >TV in Public Schools: Day after Day, Military Ads Target
> >Children-Especially Hispanics and Blacks-On Channel One News in
> Schools
> >Across the Nation"
> >
> >Dr. Teresa Whitehurst is a clinical psychologist and writer. Her
> most
> >recent book describes the nonviolent guidance of
>
>children,<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801065291/counterpunc
> >hmaga>Jesus
> >on Parenting: 10 Essential Principles that Will Transform Your
> Family,>Baker Books, 9/2004.
> >
> >You can contact her at
> ><mailto:DrTeresa@JesusontheFamily.org>DrTeresa@JesusontheFamily.org
> >
> >
> >Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
> >PO Box 652
> >Brunswick, ME 04011
> >(207) 729-0517
> >(207) 319-2017 (Cell phone)
> ><mailto:globalnet@mindspring.com>globalnet@mindspring.com
> >http://www.space4peace.org
> ><http://space4peace.blogspot.com>http://space4peace.blogspot.com
> (Our
> >blog)
> >
>
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