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To: greenspirit who wrote (68916)	12/27/1999 3:51:00 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 108807

Interesting, ain't it? JLA

To: greenspirit who wrote (68916)	12/27/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to 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.

To: greenspirit who wrote (68916)	12/27/1999 8:11:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Yup, Jeff Jacoby, columnist from the apparent Drudge replacement, the Jewish World Review, sound like just the guy who knows exactly what the poor and minorities want. He's probably talked to a few poor and minority taxi drivers taxi on the way to the usual conservative gravy train speaker's engagements, about as close as the righteous pundits of the right ever get to anybody outside the upper reaches of society.