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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.kids
Subject: Re: Parents' "rights" and responsibilities - reply to Rich Rosen
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 14:06:15 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 22 14:06:15 1984
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NOTE: I have removed ``net.singles'' from the distribution for this
      followup.  Please do likewise!  It does not belong there.

>  Take a look at some of the tenets installed in our kids by, among others, the
>  state "education" system:
>  1. "Democracy" is the US political system.
>  2. "Democracy" is the prime value.
>  3. Democratic government is good; All labor unions are good.
>  4. Republican government is evil; All employers are evil.
>  5. Any problem is caused by a lack of government, and can only be cured by more
>     government.
>  6. Parents are always evil; kids' bad behaviours are the result of parents.
>  7. The "education" system is the repository of all wisdom.
>  8. The "education" system has no problems, except that the government won't
>     provide enough money.
>  9. The opinions taught by the "education" system are the only valid ones; any
>     disagreement shows you to be evil and worthy of destruction.
>
>  The list above comes boiling off the top of my head, and reflects my
>  observations of my children, the children of others, the behavior of the
>  unions, and the behavior of the government, among other sources.
			   . . . .
> --Bill Price

Where did you go to school?  And what kind of school are your kids
in?  Several of my friends and family are teachers, and I know of
none of them that would agree (or teach) anything but #1 (which they
would freely admit as being an oversimplification of our system of
government).

The paranoia implicit in your posting is extreme--in fact, in item #9
I'd say it borders on the pathological.  ``Evil and worthy of destruc-
tion''????  I'm speechless...

This ain't the USSR, ya know.

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall