"Mommy, what's AIPAC?"
Here's the funniest response in the comments to Roger Co-hen's "Mommy, please tell me..." teaching column* in the NYT:
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* It's not about his mother's suicide. Here's his lede:
“Mommy, please tell me again, how did World War I begin?”
“But, Mommy, please.”“Well, it’s complicated. Do you really, really want to know?”“Yes, Mom.”
“There were things called empires. They controlled vast territories full of different peoples, and some of these peoples wanted to rule themselves rather than be governed by a faraway emperor..."
"Sweetheart, we're not supposed to talk about them. They own the politicians in America so they get to make us go to war with anyone they don't like in the middle east."
"mommy, why haven't I read about how powerful they are anywhere.. like in the New York Times?"
"Because if you bring that up in public they make sure you can't work anywhere anymore. Now shhhhh! we're not allowed to talk about this."