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To: liberallarry

The conservative view in the dichotomy is that any one human cannot have the detailed information that another individual has to make a decision about his own life, and that of his family.

Therefore, the power of the elected officials MUST be limited so as to not interfere with the individual’s choices.

IE, judges should not have the power that we’re giving them to determine curriculum in local schools - that’s up to the school boards and ultimately, the parents.

You’ve already posted that you believe the state should override the “prejudices and superstitions” (the values) of the parents. IE, you bastards “know better” than the parents, and will use FORCE to make us comply.

Elitist CRAP.


94 posted on 07/11/2008 11:19:51 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: MrB
It sounds good but it's nonsense. Leaders lead and they're selected because their peers recognize their abilities.

In good times a large dose of freedom works better than authoritarianism. In bad times you obey or you're shot.

Families very often know nothing worthwhile and pass it on to their kids. That can't be allowed in the public schools. So there's a conflict. On the right it expresses itself as a demand for religious freedom and a refusal to accept evolution. On the Left as a demand for "diversity" and a rejection of capitalism.

96 posted on 07/11/2008 11:43:35 AM PDT by liberallarry
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