Wish I’d had the chance to learn all about terrorism tactics at school. As it is I hardly know one end of a gun from the other. Mike Bent, Oviedo, Spain
Citizenship education is about indoctrination, not education. It amounts to the political brainwashing of millions of young, unsuspecting British children via a fundamentalist liberalist manifesto drawn up by Professor Bernard Crick and his disciples. I have read Crick’s liberalist manifesto (the Citizenship curriculum) from start to finish and nowhere does it mention the word “democracy”. This is because Crick and his followers see democracy generally and the democratic majority in particular as the main obstacles in their way. This new curriculum pack about 9/11 provides further proof (if any were needed) that institutional liberalist diktat is the ideology of Western suicide - and must be overthrown by the democratic majority as a matter of urgency. Terry Daly, London
Once more, the hapless government has decided to give everyone a chance to sympathise with the “insurgents” (not allowed to call people who blow themselves up terrorists) who caused one of the biggest catastrophes of the past 100 years. In a bid to be seen as “Islam-friendly”, children are being given material which gives “the other side of the story”, just in case not exposing them to conspiracy theories is construed as a breach of the human rights of the people who flew a commercial airliner into a building. As long as this sort of ridiculous rubbish gets the lavish airtime it currently receives, extremists will be able to find a following against the “wicked Westerners” who kill thousands of their own and blame al-Qaeda, because they’re mean. Without sounding like a bad film, stop the madness! Jamie Batabyal, Caterham
I can recall a time when children attended school to be educated in order to be able to read, write and calculate, amongst other things. Now they seem to be indoctrinated with political correctness all day long. No wonder my friends send their children to private schools. Carole Tyrrell, London
Children do not need this lying drivel directed at them. Especially as too many people teach it as though it has a basis in truth. Conspiracy theories abound in Islam about the Americans killing their own and then blaming it on Muslims. The sad fact today is that too many believe this bilge. Lies of this type fed daily to gullible Muslims, particularly in poor, undereducated Islamic states, (and increasingly in the UK) means Islamic states can point the finger at their “persecutors” and not have to answer questions on their rotten-to-the-core societies. Lies allow all of Islam to passively condone evil and avoid blaming their religion and its teachers for the atrocities that are committed in their name. Pupils are being softened up by such rubbish to the “rights” of a religion none of us should tolerate in its present form, especially in our country. They need to be taught that blowing things up and killing people in the name of any religion is wrong. When we strengthen the ideals that created this country instead of undermining it on the pretext of “multicultural understanding and tolerance” we will have guided our children back onto the right path. They should be taught that tolerance is a two-way street and if it isn’t, where to draw the line. David Thijm, Stourbridge
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From the description of this material it would seem that, as far too often happens, there is no attempt to distinguish between fact and conspiracy lunacy/fantasy. As an ex-teacher I despair at the avoidance of taking an authoritative position, and question the psychological value of empathy methods in this situation. There seems no concept even of a “preferred reading”. A lot of confusion and even worse could well be the result. Has morality as a concept been jettisoned? If so we might as well give up now on these kinds of lame-brained, half-hearted ways to support democracy. Kathleen Stern, Leeds
I firmly believe that a time will come when those in the establishment who promote this kind of obscenity will have to stand in a court of law and account for their actions. Maybe this is a delusion but it helps keep me sane. Derek Sinclair, Dundee
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