I once knew a very smart conservative libertarian who made two exceptions to his general position out of self interest - health care and education. His reasoning: ignorance and disease are both infectious.
Zoe: She shot you. Mal: Well, yeah, she did a bit... still --
'Serenity'
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Typo Boy - Sep 18, 2007 5:33:22 pm PDT #6068 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Zenkitty - Sep 18, 2007 5:34:05 pm PDT #6069 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
You know, if my taxes were raised enough to cover my share of the cost of universal health care, I'd probably be paying less than I currently am for my HMO. Probably not more, and a lot more people would benefit from it.
But what do I know.
NoiseDesign - Sep 18, 2007 5:35:29 pm PDT #6070 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I think mankind would do better if children were integrated into life instead of being kept in a school.
So what about kids that are born into families with poor education, or into parts of the country with poor education backgrounds? Not that we do a great job of bridging the economic divide in this country, but it seems to me that this idea would make that gap even larger.
Cashmere - Sep 18, 2007 5:36:15 pm PDT #6071 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
While I'd rather my tax dollars NOT go towards funding wars of agression or military occupation of the Middle East, I can't very well bitch about the stupidity of the general population if I decided I want to defund public education.
Laga - Sep 18, 2007 5:37:46 pm PDT #6072 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm not suggesting we close all the schools. But after armageddon I think we should think long and hard before we re-open them.
amych - Sep 18, 2007 5:39:04 pm PDT #6073 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I love the smell of loopy in the morning...
Cashmere - Sep 18, 2007 5:39:40 pm PDT #6074 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Laga, have you read any John Holt?
Laga - Sep 18, 2007 5:56:14 pm PDT #6075 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
No but I have read far too much Daniel Quinn.
edit: also I had a realllly bad time in public school.
Laga - Sep 18, 2007 6:05:01 pm PDT #6076 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Sorry, didn't mean to kill the thread with my craxy.
Next subject- If the guy who taped the hotel room scene did it on purpose just to set up OJ- is that wrong?
SuziQ - Sep 18, 2007 6:08:38 pm PDT #6077 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
When you have an undiagnosed wierdness, watching House is not the best idea. Am now paranoid.