Comments on: Auschwitz trips are gimmicks, you idiots http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/02/23/auschwitz-trips-are-gimmicks-you-idiots/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:46:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/02/23/auschwitz-trips-are-gimmicks-you-idiots/#comment-1619 Letters From A Tory Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:35:29 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-1619 The Government is pandering to one particular group of the population, yet again. How many times do I see the Government changing the rules or making allowances for one group, be it religious or otherwise? I think that the whole notion of the Government declaring what school trips children should go on is a gimmick and designed to pander to the wishes of one group of people, whereas they should be staying completely clear of education and should never dictate what historical events are more important than others.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1619','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1619','Letters From A Tory','The Government is pandering to one particular group of the population, yet again. How many times do I see the Government changing the rules or making allowances for one group, be it religious or otherwise?\n\nI think that the whole notion of the Government declaring what school trips children should go on is a gimmick and designed to pander to the wishes of one group of people, whereas they should be staying completely clear of education and should never dictate what historical events are more important than others.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> The Government is pandering to one particular group of the population, yet again. How many times do I see the Government changing the rules or making allowances for one group, be it religious or otherwise?

I think that the whole notion of the Government declaring what school trips children should go on is a gimmick and designed to pander to the wishes of one group of people, whereas they should be staying completely clear of education and should never dictate what historical events are more important than others.

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]]> By: The Animanachronism http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/02/23/auschwitz-trips-are-gimmicks-you-idiots/#comment-1618 The Animanachronism Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:08:06 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-1618 Aren't you saying that using Government money to pay for said trips is a gimmick, not (as your title declares) that the trips <em>themselves</em> are gimmicks? The Gov't may not have the right to decide which atrocities to 'elevate', but it's a little rich to declare that someone else's trip is <em>per se</em>, leaving aside its funding, a 'gimmick'.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1618','The Animanachronism'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1618','The Animanachronism','Aren\'t you saying that using Government money to pay for said trips is a gimmick, not (as your title declares) that the trips <em>themselves<\/em> are gimmicks? The Gov\'t may not have the right to decide which atrocities to \'elevate\', but it\'s a little rich to declare that someone else\'s trip is <em>per se<\/em>, leaving aside its funding, a \'gimmick\'.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Aren’t you saying that using Government money to pay for said trips is a gimmick, not (as your title declares) that the trips themselves are gimmicks? The Gov’t may not have the right to decide which atrocities to ‘elevate’, but it’s a little rich to declare that someone else’s trip is per se, leaving aside its funding, a ‘gimmick’.
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