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Originally Posted by drgoodtrips
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Setting the bar pretty high there, huh? We also don't condone the murdering of children, but that hardly makes me responsible for anything besides not murdering them or selling them cigarettes or whatever. And, the way I see it, I'm already relieved of plenty of my income in order to support public schools and other things that are of no particular benefit to my situation. The way I see it, that's more than I owe "our children" already.
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I pay for the shitty things TOO. Even though I'll not be sendiing my kids TOO them.
I'm no happier about it than YOU are :-)
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Originally Posted by drgoodtrips
Public schooling, like the military, police, and fire department, is a socialist practice. You're using examples of existing socialist practices to suggest that you're not arguing for socialist practices? 
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Using them as examples about how we treat our kids.
Or the ideals we supposedly pursue in doing such.
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Originally Posted by drgoodtrips
If you want. That sounds kinda mushy to me, but to each his own.
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Blah.
Go write a program :-)