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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: greenspirit who wrote (68916)12/27/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: epicure   of 108807
 
I can answer that question- if you give up on the public schools you give up on any hope of turning out citizens who have something in common. Instead you can have the Black Muslim Academy and the Black Studies School and the Sikh Junior High and that will be just GREAT won't it? And as for religious education, gag me with a spoon. I don't think the government out to pay for the very thing that is a detriment to people getting along with their neighbors.

From a public policy perspective this is wrong if you want a cohesive society. There is no way around that.

People often want things that are NOT good for society. I want lots of extra services for my son- should I get to make the laws and let my son drain the system? NO. People should make the rules who are farsighted enough to see what the consequences will be. When people with a vested interest make short term decisions based on their own welfare you get crappy public policy.
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