Farris Hassan: Teen Idol
I’ve just read a story on the BBC website about Farris Hassan, a 16 year old american of Iraqi descent. Hrrrm, for some reason my editing controls aren’t showing under OSX, so here’s the URL : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4569712.stm
This is clearly a bright, passionate kid who is motivated and driven to explore. Personally I think what he did is amazing - it took planning, cunning, courage and conviction to do - and he did it. I think he should be a role model for kids today….this is someone who got off his ass to do something, or to see it with his own eyes, to make up his own mind - to not take the perverted media verbatim.
Yes, of course what he did was really dangerous and I’m not suggesting that all parents let their kids fly off into warzones. But the principle of what he did is absolutely admirable.
It also may highlight a few teeny security issues, like exactly how does an unescorted minor manage to fly into a warzone??!
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