Propaganda in a shoebox
Schools in the UK are apparently supporting these fuckers.
Kids love to give. Especially at Christmas. Once they get past a certain age, they become aware that others are not as fortunate as they are.
So they are asked to put a gift in a shoebox and send it to kids in foreign countries (some of which don't celebrate Chrimbo, of course). In the States they add in a fiver for distribution and other things. In the UK it's a couple of quid.
But here's the kicker. These people pop in a leaflet about Jesus. That's right. Your kid's heartfelt gift is simply the vessel for their preaching to people who have perfectly good religions of their own. The UK shoeboxes mainly go to eastern Europe, which is largely Christian already, although, of course, Orthodox or Catholic, not happy-clappy.
Is Dr Zen a Scrooge-like figure, who would deny the poor sprogs of Romania a doll or a book? No, he is not. But what he does resent is the cynical abuse of children's generosity to push views on the impressionable.
posted by Dr Zen @ 12:06 pm
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