Slog - Comments on Protecting Americans http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans Time magazine: Pro spreading the good word, con giving Americans bad news. From the Huffington Post: This week, Time's cover story is an essay arguing in favor of teaching the Bible in schools, which can be boiled down to this: "Of course the Bible should be taught in schools. Duh. It's religion that shouldn't be." On the cover of its international edition is a story that is less easily boiled down: "The Truth About Talibanistan," about the resurgence of the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan (and also, Pakistan), and how it's "the next battleground of the war on terrorism."... Copyright 2008 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:43:34 -0800 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:53:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mike in MO What do you expect from a Liberal Media bent on embarassing the Presid..oh wait, nevermind.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682780 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682780 Media Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:56:24 -0800 Comment by Monique Yet another reason to read international news....fuck american "news".

]]> Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682782 Media Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:56:48 -0800 Comment by monkey When did Fox buy TIME Magazine?

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682804 Media Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:12:59 -0800 Comment by Fnarf And people complain that Americans don't know anything about the rest of the world. Why do you suppose that is?

Though I'm sure the business people told them that having an unpleasant story about Afghanistan would tank sales. Americans are primarily motivated by the avoidance of bad news.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682838 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682838 Media Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:42:56 -0800 Comment by Ziggity Yeah, and did you see the shmoe who they made Person of the Year for '06? What a loser.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682865 Media Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:50:50 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA This is nothing new. Time routinely has 2 separate issues, one for the US market, and another for overseas markets. Sadly, it is the US version that is usually dumbed down and sanitized. *sigh*

And this is what passes for news?

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c682896 Media Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:05:16 -0800 Comment by Megan Actually, the Talibanistan article was pretty straightforward (and can be boiled down to 'the Taliban are taking over the region in between Pakistan and Afghanistan, no one can fight them off, so watch out), and the Bible article was quite thoughtful and interesting.

Personally, I think it's ridiculous how many people (even religious people) know basically nothing about the Bible. Like it or not, it's a major part of western culture, and people should be familiar with at least the basic stories.

The difficulty, of course, is how to prevent it veering from 'consider this text as a cultural artifact' to 'consider this text because it's the word of God.'

]]> Megan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c683783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c683783 Media Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:05:02 -0800 Comment by Gloria It was pretty straightforward in my high school class. "Ok, we're studying the Bible as literature! .... Let's go!" And that's what we did.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c683969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/protecting_americans#c683969 Media Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:53:36 -0800