New Posts For Thread: Education Under Firehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_FireFor decades Iranian Baha’i youth (for religious beliefs) and Iranian Muslim “dissident” youth (forming student unions, speaking out on human rights, etc.) have been either expelled from, or denied admission to, that country’sThis thread was moved fro the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516715337#516715337This thread was moved fro the Hot Topics ZoneThu, 23 Feb 2012 00:16:55 -0600I don't think there is anything wrong with questioning the effectiveness of petitions. In fact it is pretty logical to doubt they do anything. However petitions are just one aspect of international pressure and there is plenty of reason to think Irhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516385447#516385447I don't think there is anything wrong with questioning the effectiveness of petitions. In fact it is pretty logical to doubt they do anything. However petitions are just one aspect of international pressure and there is plenty of reason to think IrWed, 15 Feb 2012 11:05:52 -0600I agree, Rabello. Stand up and be counted. It is the only right thing to do.Sometimes single acts of seeming futility (Mohammad Bouazizi) can change nations.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516376919#516376919I agree, Rabello. Stand up and be counted. It is the only right thing to do.Sometimes single acts of seeming futility (Mohammad Bouazizi) can change nations.Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:40:13 -0600Just to try to keep the thread on track (HINT, HINT -- it isn't about the so-called "war" on education in America, or about the educational inequities in America, or the quality of education in America, or the situation in Greece --where'd THAT comehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516369715#516369715Just to try to keep the thread on track (HINT, HINT -- it isn't about the so-called "war" on education in America, or about the educational inequities in America, or the quality of education in America, or the situation in Greece --where'd THAT comeWed, 15 Feb 2012 01:38:34 -0600Well, it would be helpful if you could tell us what ordinary people from around the world should do that their own governments won't do, if they are concerned about the children of the world, and about religious persecution, as you put it.world citizhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516368853#516368853Well, it would be helpful if you could tell us what ordinary people from around the world should do that their own governments won't do, if they are concerned about the children of the world, and about religious persecution, as you put it.world citizWed, 15 Feb 2012 00:25:09 -0600Why not be concerned about all children around the world? We all should also be concerned about religious persecution around the world.That's my point. This petition is diverting people from taking real action. Iran will dismiss, without reading andhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516364581#516364581Why not be concerned about all children around the world? We all should also be concerned about religious persecution around the world.That's my point. This petition is diverting people from taking real action. Iran will dismiss, without reading andTue, 14 Feb 2012 20:59:55 -0600American education at the best levels is very fine. Our universities draw from the world over. Schools in areas with high real estate taxes provide excellent educations : I know because my kids and now my grandkids attend or attended them. Most herehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516364255#516364255American education at the best levels is very fine. Our universities draw from the world over. Schools in areas with high real estate taxes provide excellent educations : I know because my kids and now my grandkids attend or attended them. Most hereTue, 14 Feb 2012 20:48:40 -0600I don't know Jane, not a petition per-see but international attention does seem to influence Iran, albeit in an unreliable fashion.I can recall several instances in recent years where women in Iran (it is always a woman) scheduled for execution forhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516363243#516363243I don't know Jane, not a petition per-see but international attention does seem to influence Iran, albeit in an unreliable fashion.I can recall several instances in recent years where women in Iran (it is always a woman) scheduled for execution forTue, 14 Feb 2012 20:14:46 -0600So sign the petition.Or be more concerned about the minimal education marginal children in the US receive : that is a disgrace.No petition is going to influence the PTB in Iran. Iran is a rogue nation.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516358909#516358909So sign the petition.Or be more concerned about the minimal education marginal children in the US receive : that is a disgrace.No petition is going to influence the PTB in Iran. Iran is a rogue nation.Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:54:11 -0600I think in places like Iran at the end of the day if you are a religious minority of if you carry ideas or are interested in a lifestyle that offends the ruling theocracy then it is going to not be a safe or reasonable place for you. This is unfairhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28912145/Education_Under_Fire?post_id=516358773#516358773I think in places like Iran at the end of the day if you are a religious minority of if you carry ideas or are interested in a lifestyle that offends the ruling theocracy then it is going to not be a safe or reasonable place for you. This is unfairTue, 14 Feb 2012 17:49:28 -0600