Thursday, May 18, 2006

Freedom of the what now?

Take a quick look at this flash card distributed by the government as an aide to help new immigrants prepare for the citizenship test. It's a listing of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. Notice something missing?



Wow, I know they don't like Helen Thomas et al, but isn't that going a little too far?

The Boing Boing post where I originally saw this has an update as well:

In the Citizenship and Immigration Services' "Guide to Naturalization" (the official guide on becoming a citizen), the same omission is made in the sample civics questions (on page 64 in document):

80. Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment.

The rights of freedom:
- Of speech,
- Of religion,
- Of assembly and,
- To petition the Government

So either the flashcards come from the same source, or there's some kind of mini-conspiracy...

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