[mplsconservative]

I was not on that original thread, nor am I interested in getting into a homeschooling debate.

I am simply stating that these four children are dead because of an illegal criminal and I am offended homeschooling is being brought into it.

I am not on anyone’s back, so thanks for your kind reply. I’ll go back to e-mailing my state legislators regarding illegal immigration rather than spend time on this thread.

As I said, this situation is fairly local and personal to me. I’m in no mood for anyone else’s individual agenda. Good day.

[JenB]

I live in Iowa and have a lot of friends in Minnesota. None that were affected directly by this tragedy but believe me, I get it. I’ve prayed for the families and the hurt ones. That’s why MetMom pinged her list. Also - and this is just a theory - because of a particular poster who does try to promote homeschooling because of this sort of incident - which I would not do. I believe MM wanted to let the nice normal homeschoolers on her list see these threads so that if someone did come and try to exploit them we’d be able to counter that.

[TalonDJ]

I’m in no mood for anyone else’s individual agenda. Good day.

look, this think too place in Minnesota. The REAL cause of the accident was probably ice. I mean the frozen water kind. So someone could say that by bringing up immigration status you are bringing an agenda into it and I am sure they would be all offended about it too. I would not be because I think it is valid but my point is that one person's 'agenda' is another person's contributing factor.

[Tired of Taxes]

I am simply stating that these four children are dead because of an illegal criminal and I am offended homeschooling is being brought into it.

Try not to be offended by what is really just the name of a ping list of non-school parents interested in stories about school.

I'm 100% with you on the illegal part of the story. She should've been deported when she was caught driving without a license the first time. Then this tragedy wouldn't have happened.

However, the fact is, legal citizens crash into schoolbuses, too. The lack of seatbelts on schoolbuses plays a factor which cannot be denied. I'm angry about the lax laws on illegals AND the lack of safety on schoolbuses, both of which sadly contributed to this tragedy.