Schools should prep students for war, German minister says (www.dw.com)

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The minister also called for developing a "relaxed" relationship between school students and the armed forces. She suggested that military officers visit schools to explain what "the Bundeswehr does for our security."

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[-] Melobol@lemmy.ml 34 points 8 months ago

Isn't it funny that this: "Society as a whole must be well prepared for crises — ranging from a pandemic, to natural disasters, to war," she said. Became this: "Schools should prep students for war, German minister says"

And to be honest, yes kids should be taught how to handle bad situations. Just like they need to be taught how to handle money, how to build a budget, how to handle their own emotions and how to see a clickbait from a mile away.

[-] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago

The context is that the defense minister said Germany must be "fit for war". That's not clickbait by DW, that's actually what anyone following the news would take away from this. They're just emphasizing the most important part.

[+] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works -6 points 8 months ago

But thats a different minister, speaking about a different, if broadly related subject, right?

Like, I get that the overlap in the messaging is concerning, these things don't always happen by accident, and even less so when there's a PR strategy involved, but the defense minister's comments were very much in the context of fixing up known problems with the German armed forces. There wasn't anything to suggest that he was talking about putting the country on a war footing.

The overlap here seems to really be that both ministers are acknowledging that Europe as a whole has a highly belligerent, authoritian and revanchist rogue state on its border that is currently in the process of building up one on the largest militaries in the world, and is actively invading a neighboring country. Its hard not be talking about planning for the possibility of war in that context.

[-] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Oh I get it. You don't like that fact that saying unhinged ghoul shit like "prepare children for war" (WW3 no less) is controversial. You want that to be normalized! As normal as teaching them how to "handle money" (interesting choice of example). So you complain about "clickbait", even though you do understand that it is controversial, and part of broader march towards war that worries many people, and therefore more relevant than the other things she said, and accordingly a perfectly reasonable choice for a headline.

Fuck off with your warmonger shit. And look in the mirror before you call others belligerent.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

If you're talking about what schools teach students and you throw in the word "war" in the middle of your list, you should expect people to jump on it.

It's not clickbait at all. Everyone knows that we should teach students to handle bad situations, and that we should have disaster preparation plans. Remarking on that isn't surprising at all.

It's also extra shocking to mention wars when you're talking about Western Europe, where many of those countries have nuclear weapons, so there's really not an obvious candidate for who they could feasibly fight. So then why try to teach kids about how to fight in wars? There are many answers, and I think the two most obvious ones are patriotic agendas and a desire for increased government spending.