T.U. that was awesome. You nailed it.

Freedom is great, certainly, but I'm constantly shocked by the refusals to acknowledge any limitations to it, or any attendant responsibilities to society at large. Freedom without any constraint or social responsibility quickly devolves into anarchic chaos and primitive "every man for himself" brutality, which I don't think is very productive, in 2008.

The self-absorbed, narcissistic, callous, selfish and downright sociopathic philosophy expressed by many on this forum is truly nauseating. "What's in it for me?" is a poor national motto.

Anyway, regarding education, the government has the mandate, as far as I am concerned. I do not trust private corporations to be consistent in educating our children. The public school system is there already, why reinvent the wheel? It just needs severe re-imagining and a lot of support.

The more I read these forums, the more I understand why nothing bold and visionary gets done anymore, and it makes me sad. It may sound corny, but I think this country's lost its edge, its drive for self-improvement, no longer able to dream big. We'd rather ignore the problems and hope they go away, or rationalize that they don't exist. Shame.

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