alt.education

Bert Hyman wrote:
>lojbab@lojban.org (Bob LeChevalier) wrote in
>news:9vkdt35usrubpfu5ipfna0bg6g08vm6bq7@4ax.com:
>
>> "*Anarcissie*" wrote:
>>>
>>>Well, there is the larger question of what business the
>>>State has with children, such that children must be
>>>forced into some sort of institutional processing plant.
>>
>> Whatever business "we the people" of the various states, all of
>> which have set up educational systems (most of them in their
>> respective constitutions), decide.
>
>A clear and concise statement of the underlying model of the
>totalitarian state.

A clear and concise statement of the underlying principle of
democracy. If you prefer, you can call it the "tyranny of the
majority". The Bill of Rights eliminates the "totalitarian state"
aspect: the minority always has the right to speak up and object,
which a totalitarian state doesn't allow.

lojbab