If Voltaire were living today, what do you think he would say about discrimination against people because of their religion, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality? What would he think about the way some Americans feel about Muslims? About the shooter who went into the Holocaust Museum to kill Jews? About those who killed the gay Matthew Shepard? About those who beat women on the streets in Saudi Arabia because their veils slip? What would Voltaire have to say to them?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Writing Prompt
If Voltaire were living today, what do you think he would say about discrimination against people because of their religion, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality? What would he think about the way some Americans feel about Muslims? About the shooter who went into the Holocaust Museum to kill Jews? About those who killed the gay Matthew Shepard? About those who beat women on the streets in Saudi Arabia because their veils slip? What would Voltaire have to say to them?
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