I suspect that's true, and that the editorial thinking ran along the lines of 'how can we introduce children to some of the basic principles of science in a way that is fun and relevant to them' maybe relating to something they've seen themselves fairly recently'. If it was an article on how to stockpile petrol bombs safely yet at the same time make them easily available for distribution then it would be a different matter, though in that case the magazine could use the defence that they were instructing children in the principal of the supply chain so vital in servicing the global economy.A popular Tunisian children's magazine is to be prosecuted for telling its young readers how to make a petrol bomb, officials said on Tuesday.
The latest edition of "Qaws Quzah", Arabic for "Rainbow", featured a piece about the history of petrol bombs in its "Knowledge Corner", including detailed instructions and a diagram.
"It is an improvised weapon that is often used in riots and acts of sabotage because it is easy to make and use," the article read.
The magazine, read for decades in Tunisia by boys and girls aged 5 to 15, has no political orientation.
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"Qaws Quzah", Arabic for "Rainbow"
pleeeeease let this be a direct translation, and the petrol bomb show being the local version of our own "Rainbow", with George and Bungle and Zippy.
Posted by: dsquared | October 09, 2012 at 06:13 PM
Featuring music from Rod and Freddy. For it is an Islamic country. I'll get my coat.
Posted by: dsquared | October 09, 2012 at 06:13 PM
Music? *throws rocks*
Posted by: john b | October 10, 2012 at 03:49 AM
Not on the same level, but one of my first metalwork lessons at school (mid 1970's) was making Kung Fu "throwing stars" - the teacher wanted to make something we would be more interested in than egg cups. They were only aluminium, so not that fierce, but would you be allowed to do that today (I can still remember the process pretty clearly - Marking Blue, Tin Snips - using a vice on one handle and a steel pipe over the other to increase leverage - grinding wheel to sharpen, drill press to make the hole in the middle)
Posted by: Solomon Hughes | October 10, 2012 at 10:01 AM