alt.education

lojbab@lojban.org (Bob LeChevalier) wrote in
news:58hft3l1e0mthdqt6g13b55rjd9c54395k@4ax.com:

> 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".

It appears that you're really supporting a form of government where
anything goes so long as the majority wants it.

I actually prefer "mob rule". In practice though, it always
degenerates into central control by those who claim to represent the
will 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.

Being allowed to complain about something while not being able to do
anything about it is small comfort when your rights are trampled
simply because the mob wants it done.

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com