(March 15, 2013 at 11:03 am)jstrodel Wrote: Why do you use words like "delusion" in this context? Obviously what I am writing is not a delusion.
Because you seem to believe its true while it is not.
(March 15, 2013 at 11:03 am)jstrodel Wrote: The public school system did not fall out of the sky. It is not delusional to suppose that the state should not necessarily force people to attend its schools.
It doesn't. You can drop out or be home-schooled if you like.
(March 15, 2013 at 11:03 am)jstrodel Wrote: This sort of terminology in political discourse is suggestive of some sort of re-education program.
Nope. Simply education program.
(March 15, 2013 at 11:03 am)jstrodel Wrote: Do you think that reasonable people can disagree as to the way that their taxes are taken from them? The tax system is very complex.
You can disagree all you like, you still have to pay them.
(March 15, 2013 at 11:03 am)jstrodel Wrote: You seem to want to live in a totalitarian world.
Quite the opposite. But as long as that is not the case, I'd rather that the state spend the taxes in a way that actually benefit the society.