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From: felton@eng3.UUCP (Ed Felton)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: I have here..
Summary: Poor Education...
Message-ID: <605@eng3.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 90 19:11:38 GMT
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Reply-To: felton@eng3.sci.com (Ed Felton)
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Matthew Donald Drown writes:

  You can't expect such a diverse audience, here on the net, to all know a
  speech that was given before most of us were born.  It is not stressed in
  school, like "four score and seven years ago..."  Nor should it be, the
  general idea behind McCarthy's idiotic behavior should be looked at.


Doctor Benway writes:

  The only excuse for not recognizing that speach is poor education.  

  --
  When artistic pretension is combined with abject |  Archer Sully
  poverty the results are often VERY STUPID.       |  
       	  	  -- Crosley Bendix                |  archer@sgi.com


And I say:

  The thing to realize, is letting the educational system just dump whatever
  they want into your head, is poor education. Education is something one 
  acquires, not something one accepts. 
  The McCarthy speech is something I never learned in High school, but one
  day someone mentioned Joeseph McCarthy, so I decided to find out who he
  was.  I spent the better part of an afternoon seeking knowledge, and guess
  what! I found it.  Anyone who expects to get along with the education they
  hand out, is looking for a fall.  Just because they don't teach it is no
  reason not to know it.

:yas I dnA