Rug Burn Junky on 20/7/2010 at 16:10
No offense Sombras, but Muzman just won my heart.
TBE on 20/7/2010 at 16:18
Quote Posted by Vivian
Thats not a good reason to stop kids going to school.
In your eyes that's not a good enough reason. But for someone who values this, and wishes to make sure it's part of their kid's life, it is a good enough reason. You have your values, other people have theirs. That's why this country was founded. The United States of America. People need to respect other people's ideals within the confines of the law. As long as values and ideals are legal, give a high five and move on. Carry on about your life, and enjoy the fact we are not all alike.
{EDIT} Yeah, spot on, Muz :thumb:
Queue on 20/7/2010 at 16:24
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iThat's why this country was founded.
No it wasn't. It was founded to grow tobacco.
Where the hell do people get these notions?
Stitch on 20/7/2010 at 18:17
TBE is making the case against home schooling rather well, I think.
AR Master on 20/7/2010 at 18:45
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how easy it to prod certain Pavlovian nerves with just the right selection of Americana and stall all rational thought in some people, while claiming to promote it.
"It's for the environment!"
Thief13x on 20/7/2010 at 20:59
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Don't mess with Whoopi, eh?
It's obviously a sensitive subject, so in a less offensive manner: What's a
good reason for homeschooling?
Please tell me you don't live in the states and therefore aren't aware of the public education situation here.
CCCToad on 20/7/2010 at 21:33
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Seriously, CCChoad, how can anyone with a brain get upset from reading this article?
Read this thread. Even for the ones not arguing about homeschooling, its still pretty amusing to see people's blood boiling and even more amusing when others react by displaying exactly the attitude that the article describes.
One point about the "eugenist" term: Eugenics is beginning to see a bit of a comeback in intellectual circles. For example, Bill Gates has been funding research in how to perform mass sterilizations in order to control world population.
My own take on the article: its most valid point is that both America's right and left are similar because they subscribe wholeheartedly to the belief that it is their prerogative to force their vision of life on the rest of the world, no matter whether they want it or not. There isn't that much difference between the Obama staffer who wants to force people to "say the right things" or be sent to prison and the Neocons who wanted to force Iraqis to be democratic.
Chimpy Chompy on 20/7/2010 at 21:45
Quote Posted by CCCToad
For example, Bill Gates has been funding research in how to perform mass sterilizations in order to control world population.
waht
Rug Burn Junky on 20/7/2010 at 22:07
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My own take on the article: [...] both America's right and left are similar because I'm a simpleton who draws equivalencies between superficial similarities and thinks they're profound.
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