Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 09:32 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Parents are *supposed* to censor what their children see. > > > > > > They are also supposed to educate their children. > > > > Yes, but it's the job of *parents* to do that. If you want me to do > > it for you, you'll have to pay me. > > "They" refers to "Parents". Note the "their children" part. > > How could you not see that?
I'm not angry. I'm in fact a huge advocate of public education, which is for the benefit of everyone. But if you send your kids to public school, you cede the authority to determine what they are taught. That's the trade-off. I support public education because it is for the benefit of everyone, but that's only true if your kids are taught well. So I wouldn't support a system in which, say, only parents got to vote for the school board, or in which parents can pull their kids out of biology class because they don't like evolution. I think that censoring your kids from seeing a comic strip is not beneficial to them, and is lazy parenting. But it's your choice, you can censor it if you wish. But it is not my job to go out of my way to do it for you or assist you in a choice that I think may be hurting your kid. Of course, the actual decision is up to the package maintainer. Why it's being talked about here is beyond me. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
