Students protest more free time
Feb. 23rd, 2005 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teleribIraqi students denounce 'Zionist plot' to extend weekend.
First, it saddens me that something as... mundane as regularizing a day off of work gets polarized like this. "Zionist plot." Yes, because when you all take Saturdays off, the Jews will... will... um... celebrate the Sabbath like they've been doing. Nefarious!
Suggesting Thursday as an alternative was creative, I grant, and perhaps even constructive. Might make international business a little trickier to conduct, though. On the other hand, these are student protesters, so real-world considerations might not be at the forefront of their minds.
Second - Students? Protesting a longer weekend? You're pulling my leg, right?
First, it saddens me that something as... mundane as regularizing a day off of work gets polarized like this. "Zionist plot." Yes, because when you all take Saturdays off, the Jews will... will... um... celebrate the Sabbath like they've been doing. Nefarious!
Suggesting Thursday as an alternative was creative, I grant, and perhaps even constructive. Might make international business a little trickier to conduct, though. On the other hand, these are student protesters, so real-world considerations might not be at the forefront of their minds.
Second - Students? Protesting a longer weekend? You're pulling my leg, right?
