From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Sat Sep 11 1999 - 19:45:23 MDT
Bryan Moss wrote:
>
> Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
>
> > I've said it once and I'll say it again. A large number of women do not
> > regard freedom to be nearly as important as security. They will, by and
> > large, prefer to trade freedom for greater security and protection. This
> > is their nature as maternal beings that prefer consensus and compromise
> > to ideals and principles. This is why the whole, "don't be cruel, it's
> > for the Children" routine the democrats always pull is so effective, as
> > it tugs at the maternal memes that women have. The great erosion in
> > privacy and individual liberty in this century began after we granted
> > women the right to vote. To Kathryn and other women on the list who
> > probably take offense at this, I challenge you to prove me wrong.
>
> So then, Mike, what's the solution?
>
> BM
Frankly I don't know, and what worries me most is that most teachers are
women, which is why the schools are all gun free zones these days (they
didn't used to be), and why there is so much crap about political
correctness, PC speech and behavior, etc. I've always found it odd that
immigrants have to take a course on American History, the Constituion,
and how our government works before you get your citizenship, but I
doubt that more than 50% of high schools in the country still offer the
same coursework, so naturally born kids never learn this stuff... I say
have a standardized nationwide test that all Americans have to take to
earn the right to vote, etc. You should only be a citizen if you
actually know, understand, and ACCEPT the values and mechanisms by which
our government operates. Take the same vow to "protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign AND
domestic," that immigrants and military officers and enlistees take.
Mike Lorrey
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