(March 16, 2013 at 1:08 pm)jrsm_10 Wrote: jstrodel wrote:
Quote:There is nothing unreasonable about wanting the system to reflect the interests of the majority,
It is unreasonable in so many ways. How should we do this? Let's give the race majority the last word in what ethnicity can go to school and who sits where. No wait! I think we have more women than men in the US, so women get to decide the gender of all our government officials. No wait! It doesn't work that way. It's called civilization. We protect ALL of our people. I agree to do this for you if you agree to do the same for me. I won't rob your house at night if you agree to not rob mine. I agree to not rape you if you agree to not rape me. I agree to not mix my religion in your child's education if you agree to not mix your religion in my child's education. Now that we agree to not mix it in, let's educate our children in everything else except religion (unless you plan to teach about every single religion to be fair). You get to go to church in your spare time as I get to... do something funner that you wouldn't like... in my spare time. YOU don't realize how authoritarian YOU are, Mr. jstodel.
I advocated for a modest restructuring of educational finance, permitting people to use their tax dollars to fund schools that are closer to what they believe.
The fact that you took what I said out of context and ran with it proves that you don't really care what I have to say.
It is not authoritarian to want people to be able to choose, for instance, whether they go to a school which indoctrinates people with a secular ideology that is against their religious beliefs or not.