[Hope for the Republic]

Wintertime I will be glad to not ping you after you give a legitimate answer to the question: Let me ask you: Have you ever been held at gunpoint to send your children to public school? Were you, your wife, or any of your children ever arrested for not attending a public school?

all this requires is a simple yes or no, not the "non-answer" that you tried to intimidate me with.

BTW I don't have a ping list, I'm just an career ex-military officer that doesn't like bullies.

[wintertime]

This question makes this discussion personal. Even if I were to answer it, my **personal** experiences are not in any relevant to the larger issues surrounding compulsory and socialist based government education. For these two reasons, therefore the question posed is not worthy of a response.

I respectfully request that you not ping me again for the duration of this thread. You have my full permission to comment in any way you like to my posts, but please do not ping me or contact me by private mail. Only a bully and stalker would do that, and fully trust that you are neither a bully or a stalker.

With complete good will and respect,

Wintertime

[wintertime]

...not in any...

Should read: not in any way