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To: Jibaholic
Ok, so the a society's moral values are an externality. Now the only question is this: how do we deal the external costs?

By taking responsibility for the upbringing of our own children. Certainly not by calling for more government intervention in what programming cable companies provide to their customers.

157 posted on 06/03/2005 10:58:12 AM PDT by Modernman ("Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made." -Bismarck)
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To: Modernman

You just conceded that parents cannot explain 100% of the variance in how kids turn out - that society does in fact have some influence. With devoted parents that influence is smaller, but you can't shut it out completely. As another poster pointed out, even Amish children know who Madonna is. So your choice as a parent is to socially isolate your children, or to allow some exposure to society at large. Christians are already criticized for homeschooling their kids - they are being poorly socialized for doing so.


159 posted on 06/03/2005 11:09:10 AM PDT by Jibaholic (The facts of life are conservative - Margaret Thatcher)
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