Ending Women's Suffrage

[Az]

Run time: 03:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uPcthZL2RE   Posted on YouTube: April 05, 2006 By YouTube Member: aassddf Views on YouTube: 322976   Posted on DU: February 16, 2007 By DU Member: Az Views on DU: 586

 
Its self explanatory.

[classof56]

1. Oh, my...

No wonder I remain...

The Tired Old Cynic

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

2. Why does this seem familiar?

Oh yeah, it's the same way we got into a war in Iraq.

[uppityperson]

3. k&r. While the terms may sound alike, they are spelled different

sufferage vs suffrage.

[Az]

4. True, but the thing I found interesting

Was when a one of the girls had the meaning explained to her she sort of blanked and tried to continue on as if she knew what she was doing. I think there is a parallel here for the war. Once invested in a path the mind becomes concerned about image at the thought of backing down. So even a mistake will be carried forward rather than face the price of admitting ignorance or error.

[uppityperson]

5. yup, don't admit ignorance or a mistake.

Me, I'm ignorant about many things and make mistakes all the time.

[niyad]

6. for those of us without video capability, please tell!

[Az]

7. Set on a prep school, a student goes around with a petition to end women's suffrage

Suffrage is of course the right to vote. He interviews many women and asks them all to sign the petition to end women's suffrage. Only one in all of the women he interviews knows what it is. Everyone else signs the petition. One woman is even told by a friend that it means the right to vote. But because she has already mentally committed to signing she continues doing so. It just didn't register in her mind.

Its funny/sad.

[Limelight]

8. So much for educational excellence n/t

[mcctatas]

9. So...

What do they teach in schools nowadays? My 13 year old can do geometry, but if she didn't have a curious mind (and a mom who likes to actually converse with her about real issues), she would probably have signed something like that..of course, ours is a school district where they made her put a sweatshirt over her "Bet you'll vote next time hippie" tshirt, and take her "Students for Kerry" pin off of her backpack! :wtf: