Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!zehntel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: How does education help all of us? Reply to Sykora Message-ID: <1340073@acf4.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-May-85 02:44:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.1340073 Posted: Fri May 10 02:44:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Jun-85 05:44:10 EDT References: <593@whuxl.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 23 >/* muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) / 8:20 pm May 9, 1985 */ >>>Yes, education is a good thing. I don't know that it should be paid for by >>>goverment, but it does seem to me that if someone can't afford to have their >>>children educated, this is no reason to penalize those children. Also, it >>Penalize is an action verb, i.e., it implies the presence of a penalizer. >>Who is the penalizer here? >You are correct. I meant to say that I do not think it is fair for people >(children) to be unable to get an education because their parents are unable >to pay for it. > . . . > Muffy What exactly do you mean by fair? Do you also think it is not fair for some children to be born less intelligent than others? Mike