To: Viva Le Dissention; Trailerpark Badass
Sadly, unless I'm mistaken, the courts outlawed literacy tests a long time ago.
I can only guess there was some sort of grand and meritorious reason for it, such as the possibility that the governing powers could somehow force people into illiteracy, and effectively deny them the vote.
106 posted on
09/18/2003 1:49:47 PM PDT by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
To: newgeezer
I can only guess there was some sort of grand and meritorious reason for it, such as the possibility that the governing powers could somehow force people into illiteracy, and effectively deny them the vote."Force people into illiteracy?" Quite an outlandish hypothetical, don't you think? The way things are going, the government is falling all over itself making sure the illiterate DO vote.
To: newgeezer
I can only guess there was some sort of grand and meritorious reason for it, such as the possibility that the governing powers could somehow force people into illiteracy, and effectively deny them the vote.Ironically, some of our public schools could potentially be driving people into illiteracy.
166 posted on
09/19/2003 3:54:52 PM PDT by
meyer
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