<OT> One more reason I am glad I don't live in CA

[R. Quenett]

mutilated misquotes 
from Tim Wunder's 10 Mar 2004 classic prose
may follow:
 
" I don't like the idea of government mandated *anything*...especially 
" concerning education. But I'm fairly radical in that regard, I suppose. 
" Wouldn't mind seeing the government out of the education business 
" altogether.

The sooner the better.

" Raising children is a job for parents, not governments.

Ah, but is raising children the purpose of education?  Or is the 
purpose of education the 'production of obedient citizens'?  Or does 
the purpose depend on who is grinding the axe?  Whose axe should be 
ground and who should have the responsibility of the grinding?  What 
_is_ 'education', anyway?

" That is not to say that two years of public service would be a bad thing 
" for teenagers, just that it shouldn't be mandated by the g'ment.

I've heard the 'public' defined as 'everyone but you' and I imagine 
that 'service' is 'advancing someone else's agenda'.  Sorry, not 
interested.

[Psst....  wanna buy a corpse?]

R
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