[Grovenet] Fw: This just about sums it up...

[David Morelli]

Ron,

Thank you!

Now I see the connection.  I had read the screen and didn't notice  
the spelling, because I was so conditioned to read "I Have A Dr...m"  
as the l words of Dr. Martin Luther King and unconsciously corrected  
the spelling.

So, I would wonder if the common thread between the picture and the  
Heinlein quote is that it is tyranny to force taxpayers to pay for  
public education that they don't want merely because we think it is  
good to have an educated electorate?

Maybe it would be better to eliminate mandatory public funded  
education.  We could save the resources for those children who really  
want an education.  Or maybe only for those who are "deserving"  
enough.  We could test all children at birth and every year until  
school age and only educate the top 10%.  Of course the "heritage"  
children would get schooling too, like Harvard allows the children of  
wealthy alumni.

If the poor don't have the resources to "bootstrap" themselves, we  
can afford to leave them at the bottom.  If a family would rather put  
their child to work rather than educate them, or needs to put them to  
work to eat, that certainly isn't a problem for those of us who can  
afford private education, is it?

Hmm?  I don't know.  Do we really need an educated population?  Do we  
need to have everyone vote?

Maybe it is a slow news day.

David


On Feb 3, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> You don't have to be able to spell "dream" to vote!
>
> Why is that?
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
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> Subject: [Grovenet] Fw: This just about sums it up...
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> not even sure what to say here, just thought worth sending. have a  
> great weekend all.
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> "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he  
> does not want merely because you think it would be good for him."?
>
>
> --?Robert Heinlein<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Heinlein> --
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