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

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2004, Tim Wunder wrote:
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>
>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.
>Raising children is a job for parents, not governments.
>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 agree totally with this.  One of the best examples of this in fiction is
George Orwell's ``Animal Farm''.

One of the most interesting ideas in the vein of ``public service'' was in
Heinlein's ``Starship Troopers'' where two years public service was
voluntary, but one couldn't vote until the two years service was complete.

BTW:  If your only knowledge of Starship Troopers is the horrible movie,
read the book.  One can't expect Hollywood to get something right that is
totally opposed to their mostly Statist viewpoints.

Bill
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