From: den Otter (neosapient@geocities.com)
Date: Wed Feb 24 1999 - 13:46:51 MST
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> From: Michael S. Lorrey <retroman@together.net>
> > Why is your position any better than the conservative desire to outlaw
> > the teaching of evolution and limit teaching to just the Bible? Is it
> > because you're belief system is true and theirs is false? Do we really
> > want to outlaw the teaching of wrong theories? Won't this lead to the
> > State being run by Thought Police?
>
> Exactly. Freedom means the right to be stupid. Only by giving all the right
> to be stupid by themselves can we learn what is true wisdom.
Nice words, but other people's stupidities, especially in the religious/
political realm, will sooner or later negatively influence *your* life
as well. The very reason that you worry about dictatorships and
such is *stupid people*.
In the case of
> parents and children, most people recognise that children are in fact
> remarkably resilient creatures. The idea of the brittle child is a false one
> promulgated by people with agendas of their own. This is why parents are
> given a modicum of leeway in the raising of their children, because
> ignorance is always something which can be rectified.
Yep, we surely do live in an enlightened world. Not! Either those
kids *are* influenced by their parent's drivel, or they are just born
stupid. What shall it be?
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