At least not in the United States (yet).



But many private schools do better than public schools in providing education.



I'll make you a deal: I'll vote for you to become head of the coming world government if you implement the International Baccalaureate Organisation curriculum as the minimum standard for curriculum (International Baccalaureate), let the organization enforce the standard, and leave everything else up to local communities (even if that means leaving governments out of it).



It's obvious we disagree on this point. But if you take from parents this basic responsibility, how many other things are you going to take away from the parents?



"Ilk" is a good noun. Look it up: Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Not much else.

Education is too important to let parents make the decision.

Many parents obviously have no idea what's best for their kids (thankfully, mine not included).

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Yeah, right! You keep believing such nonsense.

Why? Who the hell are you to dictate that I shouldn't decide what's best for MY child. Keep your damned hands off MY child!!!!!!!

Oh, and you know what's best for everyone else's kids? Who the hell do you think you are to decide what's best for someone else's kids?

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

It shouldn't be left up to parents any more than killing their kids by failing to treat their illnesses should be "left up to parents." It's absurd.

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That should as well, it is called taking your kid to the hospital.

Because they become members in society and live as members of society, and give and take to society. Them having an education is what is best for society whether they choose to use it of not, it is a tool that everyone should have, whether or not they use that tool.

Education helps later in life, therefore whether or not they obtain it is of no use or hurt to the parents, so they have little motivation other than pride. When it is everyone that will benefit from that person's education, than everybody should be making a small contribution to make sure it happens.

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"The wisest men follow their own direction." - Euripides

That's silly. Many of the don't on 'religious principle" and thus kill their kids. It's a stupid exception that shouldn't be allowed. Nor should it be allowed to put your kids on "alternative medicines" instead of real medicine. It's tantamount to murder or neglect. Unless there is a valid emergency, parents ought also be forced to take their kids to get vaccinated.

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Ya and that is there choice to make.
It should be allowed, they are not your kids or mine.
They are the responsibility of the parents as they should be.
You should be able to treat your child's illness whoever you think best.
If that is taking them to a hospital then fine.
If it is taking them to an acupuncturist that is fine as well.
It is not murder or neglect.
It is just not doing what YOU think, again they are not your kids or society's kids they are the parents kids, should be done. Parents should never be forced to treat their children in any way.

This statement's as absurd as saying child abuse is their choice to make. Don't be ridiculous. Whether through stupidity, ignorance, or malice, it is neglectful and harms their children unreasonable. If it kills them, they ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and any other children removed from their care and put into state custody. They are a danger to children and unfit parents.

Irrelevant whose kids they are. My neighbour isn't min, but I won't tolerate him murdering people either nor killing people by neglectful behaviour. Moreover, refusing vaccines for bogus reasons hurts society by diminishing herd immunity, putting the health and lives of others at risk. When you begin to impact society, it becomes society's business. Next.




If they die because you deliberately refused to get them sound medical care, it's tantamount to killing them through neglect. If you know what the likely consequences will be anyway, and you continue to do it, you are an unfit parent putting the health of your child in jeopardy. If you kill them by denying them proper medical care, whether you are just stupid or ignorant, you are being neglectful and failing to take reasonable precautions to prevent harm. You're a sick individual that you want parents to be able to effectively kill their children. Then again, you are libertarian. I am not surprised. They have a very poor grasp of ethics.

Did you even bother to think before you typed this out? Apparently not too much. You might as well cut out the b.s. freedom rhetoric and state what you really mean: "parents shouldn't be forced to take care of their kids, and if they kill them, oh well, too bad so sad!" According to this logic, parents shouldn't be held accountable and "forced" to treat their children. If they just don't feel like it, or if they ignore all sound medical care and use 'prayer', and the kid dies, it's all hunky dory. That's retarded, sorry.

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