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Saudi Arabian Textbook Shows Yoda Joining The UN (bbc.com)
Long-time Slashdot reader Mikkeles quotes the BBC:
Saudi Arabia's education minister has apologised for the production of a school textbook in which the Star Wars character Yoda is seen superimposed on a photograph of the late King Faisal... The image, which shows the diminutive Jedi Master sitting beside King Faisal as he signs the UN Charter in 1945, was created by the Saudi artist Shaweesh. He told the BBC it was not yet clear how it had ended up in the textbook... The 2013 artwork, entitled United Nations (Yoda), is part of a series in which symbols of American pop culture -- ranging from Captain America to Darth Vader -- are superimposed onto archive photos of historical events... Shaweesh said he included Yoda because, like King Faisal, he was "wise, strong and calm".
"Someone should have checked the image before printing," he added.
"Someone should have checked the image before printing," he added.
Check their sources they did not.
This reminds me of the time the BBC aired the logo for the fictional United Nations Space Command (from the Halo series) instead of the real logo for the real organization United Nations Security Council. Apparently noone checks images when it comes to the UN, but goes with the first google result.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
. . . also cause a bit of a fuss when found showing The Prophet doing Tequila Slammers with The Very Late King Faisal at a sleazy Nevada Lap & Pole Dance dive . . . but it's nothing that you would want to lose your head over . . .
The Very Late King Faisal still enjoys his round of bridge on Thursday afternoons with Elvis, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix on their island in the South Pacific . . .
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
... doesn't mean it hasn't been altered. Like that time Bert appeared on an osama bin laden poster.
09F91102 no, 455FE104 nope, F190A1E8 uh-uh, 7A5F8A09 that's not it, C87294CE no. Ah! 452F6E403CDF10714E41DFAA257D313F.
Behold the true power of the Meh side.
Joined the dark side Yoda has.
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"The Greens lynched a hacker in Chicago. Last month, but I think the body's still hanging from the old Water Tower."
Calling bullshit. There's no nazis in Canada. Except maybe a few left from WW II. Plus there are hate speech laws and they've been throwing any holocaust deniers in jail for many years. The politicians here bend over backwards to kiss the immigrant's ass. Canada even set up a welcome party for all the Haitians who crossed illegally into the country this summer. Who else welcomes Haitians to their country?
Our current president came from a bunch of business meetings in Saudi Arabia where he assured them total exemption from his muslim ban despite being the world's primary source of terror, because money.
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Because we don't mind politeness -- politeness is good in international politics. What we mind is selling them weapons and pretending they're not a terrorist regime and presenting them as saints who'll help defeat evil Iran. Which Obama did slightly less of than presidents before and far less of than president since.
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When Osama bin Laden was killed, the posters and T-Shirts of the protesters in Bangladesh had picture of Osama with the Seasme Street character Bart. It was hilarious!
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
That word? You mean "your"? It apparently means something different here, that's for sure.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
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It would be for the smarter kids. But there are others who just doesn't grasp the fact that formal sources can have a sense of humor or may be joking around, who take all information at face value.
I remember some kids in American History class asking about the great Native American Machination Chief SOHCAHTOA, As my math teacher stated to try to get kids to remember that acronym while teaching geometry. When kids were trying to solve the problems, he would normally help them out by going "Remember the Chief!" Then they know to calculate the angle. But some kids, just didn't get that it was a learning aid, to make a rather complex Acronym easier to remember, but they thought Sohcahtoa was a real person. Causing a rather confused History Teacher. Until a smarter kid explained that it was what the math teacher used to remember the Acronym.
However the point is, if you are going to be teaching students half of them are going to be below average intelligence and may not grasp such complexities as an Easter egg as a memory aid. But may think Yoda is a real thing, and not a puppet or a CGI Special Effect.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Not the first time taking the first result from a Google Search has bit someone in the ass.
Bert from Sesame street appeared next to Osama Bin Laden on some protest posters in Bangladesh back in 2001.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sou...
Why should he be different, care to explain?
The problem is not new, it's old. The main problem is that nobody dares to change it.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
If the husband wants it, why not? Simply take her and throw her away, then buy a new one.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
You had me laughing at "Saudi Arabian Textbook," but then the Yoda thing...yeah.
It's especially funny when I think of all the people who would have seen this, having the opportunity to notice that someone who was clearly not human was in the picture...and still did nothing. Which, of course, goes back to why I find the phrase "Saudi Arabian Textbook" so hilarious.
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King Faisal was Obi-Wan Kenobi
Let's try and teach her the difference between big letters and small ones before getting into the complex stuff, shall we?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Bombers usually have bombs.
And yes, that Saudi Arabia. Did you think it might have been a different Saudi Arabia?
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Several somebodies had to have named their kid SOHCAHTOA at one point or another and several of those must have grown up to lead Indian tribes. An infinite number in fact.
Oh please. The US is the world's primary source of terror, not the Middle East.
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The farce is strong with this one...