Re: Some Thought On Intelligent Design - WAS: OT Is George Bush Drinking?

Renata wrote:

Just a short reply to some of your comments (I wanna get outta
here)...

On 07 Oct 2005 10:15:58 EDT, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Renata wrote:


What's your proposal for educatin' the populace, pray tell? 

Why do I have to have one? I don't have a proposal for instilling
religion in everyone else's children. I don't have a proposal for
clothing everyone else's children. I don't have a proposal for
inflicting particular personal values on everyone else's chidren. These,
and a host of other things, are the job of the *parents* not a
meddlesome program of public theft and wealth redistribution. Government
as an instrument of education is analogous to having Michael Jackson run
a day-camp for 12 year old boys.



Education is the responsibility of parents only as far as making sure
the kids get a good one.  Most parents aren't gonna be capable, have


That's a lovely assertion.  Now justify why it's OK to raid
one man's wallet and make him pay for another man's children's
education.  It's theft plain and simple.

Oh ... never mind.  Let's not go there.   Besides,
I've already seen that movie.  It's called "collectivism" and
was responsible for untold human misery over history ...
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