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Students freak out after teacher shows video of ISIS beheading

Grant said:
But they aren't showing these videos in Community Colleges either. This 'real world' doesn't exist for most people of any age. Myself and others have been banned from this site for showing shots of people being beheaded and yet it's expected that adults are generally the users of this forum.

My guess is that it's not the gore that's the problem but that it might reflect badly on Islam. That's another reality Muslims and others don't like.
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We have long generally believed that in polite society one does not show gruesome picks of death, no matter how they happened, unless there is an extremely good reason. You need to factor that in as well. I am not sure that the argument that an Daesh beheading video has value that outweighs this prohibition wins the day.
 
d0gbreath said:
It depends on the individual. I have yet to watch a beheading video and I am an elder Statesman. I've been terrified of beheadings ever since my Mom read me Bartholomews 500 hats when I was small.
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If you haven't seen one, let me tell you that it is as bad as you think. I'm sure in real it's worse.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
We have long generally believed that in polite society one does not show gruesome picks of death, no matter how they happened, unless there is an extremely good reason. You need to factor that in as well. I am not sure that the argument that an Daesh beheading video has value that outweighs this prohibition wins the day.
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And as a polite society I agree with you, however there are many who deny that ISIS are evil, that these attacks are not happening, that genocide is not taking place.

As mentioned, these photos should not have been shown to these young students but they should definitely be shown whenever the subject of Islamic terrorism or persecution is under discussion. It makes charges of 'Islamophobia' look rather foolish when the evidence is there in front of our eyes.
 
Grant said:
And as a polite society I agree with you, however there are many who deny that ISIS are evil, that these attacks are not happening, that genocide is not taking place.

As mentioned, these photos should not have been shown to these young students but they should definitely be shown whenever the subject of Islamic terrorism or persecution is under discussion. It makes charges of 'Islamophobia' look rather foolish when the evidence is there in front of our eyes.
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I dont agree with you, but I appreciate that you have argued your point with civility and skill.
 
What exactly is a "technology" class? And what does an ISIS beheading have to do with the lesson plan?
 
j-mac said:
What exactly is a "technology" class? And what does an ISIS beheading have to do with the lesson plan?
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That's true, especially when one of the oldest forms of technology was being used.
 
NonoBadDog said:
Lie #1:
Lie #2:
Lie #3:
Final rationalization (lame excuse):
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To be fair, the article is very unclear about the actual sequence of events (and given the source, I’m not convinced that’s entirely unintentional) and it’s possible for all of those statements to be true; A student ran the search, teacher scrolled through the results and clicked on the wrong link, students called for her to play it anyway so she makes the statement about “the real world” and plays it. Not the right choice on her part by any means but there were not necessarily any lies involved.
 
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