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To: Neocon who wrote (57)	1/9/2001 1:42:43 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) of 1112

Interesting question neocon. My oldest daughter's fav movie of 2000 was "The Patriot." I mentioned the name of a relative the other day who I described as extremely patriotic because he supports all the local sports teams and clubs and goes overboard to support all the national holidays. She pointed out to me that she viewed patriotism as a valueing of particular ideals and did not see these things as necessarily in line with that. My chest grew three inches. So, there is "loyalty" which can be a type of blind patriotism and idealism that can contribute or detract from this sense of belonging to the national culture. On the one hand we are forbidden to advocate religious beliefs in the public education system. On the other hand the majority has the right, and obligation, as long as there is a national education system; to promote the cultural values that it believes in. Instead of promoting a values platform that we believe in, the left has been successful in implementing a curriculum of values exploration and clarification (middle school age). It is very open ended and the curriculum emphasises the "no right or wrong" standard. Very dangerous, IMO.

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