So to summarize this story from the BBC:
Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic leads school to apologise
Now allowing that the story is substantially true then I'm not sure which is worse, the hysterical reaction or the stupidity since as the article points out:
Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic leads school to apologise
Quote:
A school in New York state has apologised after receiving complaints because a student recited the US Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic. The school's foreign language department arranged for the pledge to be read in a different language each day for a week. Complaints were received from people who lost family in Afghanistan and from Jewish parents, an official said. |
Now allowing that the story is substantially true then I'm not sure which is worse, the hysterical reaction or the stupidity since as the article points out:
Quote:
Arabic is not widely spoken in Afghanistan, where the major languages are Dari and Pashto. |
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