Tag Archives: education

As(s)ine Legislation

Spanking is not ipso facto physical abuse. Furthermore, abusus non tollit usus – the abuse of a thing does not destroy it’s right use.

CALIFORNIA TO CONSIDER OUTLAWING SPANKING

The story notes “it would be a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail or a fine up to $1,000, although a legal expert advising her on the proposal said first-time offenders would probably only have to attend parenting classes.”

Words fail me when faced with this kind of idiocy. >:{

Chastity Lifestyle Education

Did you hear the new statistic about premarital sex? 90% of people surveyed have had premarital sex.

The results of the analysis indicate that premarital sex is highly normative behavior. Almost all individuals of both sexes have intercourse before marrying, and the proportion has been roughly similar for the past 40 years.

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Making a Mountain Out of a Miniskirt

This girl needs to learn how to pick her battles and her mom needs some parenting lessons.

"A fourth-grader is protesting a rule by her school principal that bans the kinds of miniskirts she likes to wear. Zoe Hinkle, 10, and her mother, Leslie, say there’s nothing wrong with the skirt. It has shorts sewn into it underneath, Leslie says."

The editorial staff at the Pitt News summed up my feelings well.

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Destruction of Capital

Via Dom Bettinelli:

“A highly-educated woman who chooses to stay at home and not to work – that is destruction of capital. If you receive the benefit of an expensive education at society’s expense, you should not be allowed to throw away that knowledge unpunished.” – Sharon Dijksma, a leading parliamentarian of the Dutch Labour Party

Dom sums up my feelings well.

“Yeah, because raising children is a selfish exercise that provides no benefit to society. Of course, this is the problem with socialized education since the socialists are then allowed to argue that since the government paid for something, they have a right to demand something in return. Where does this end? ‘We own you forever! Hahahaha!!'”

Commenter Ian raises an interesting counterpoint.

“I must agree with the Dutch to some extent. Consider: The Dutch invest in the education of their young (via exhorbitant taxes) to ostensibly increase the quality of their workforce. If the young accept that free education, they have an obligation to repay Caesar.”

I’d argue that they no obligation whatsoever. That’s what “free” means. IIRC, Germany has something more like what Ian is referring to. Every male citizen has a nine-month obligation to either be in the military or do civil service. If goverments wish something in return for education provided free of charge, they need to make it obligatory rather than whining when they don’t get back what they put in. To propose punishing stay-at-home moms is especially petty. Commenter Christian Martin explains.

“Children who get ‘primary caregiver’ attention from someone who loves them (as opposed to a paid employee) come out smarter and more productive in study after study than children who do not.”

“Furthermore, those who stay at home are more likely to have larger families, which will provide a future income base upon which to build the financial structure to assist this politician and his cronies when they reach retirement age.”

“Stay at home parents also provide for their children many of the services that otherwise would be paid for by the state, so the stay at home mom actually lowers society’s financial burden for things like education and healthcare.”

Stop Sucking

[stopsnitching.jpg]This must be one the stupidest, most asinine things I have ever encountered.

"PITTSBURGH — It was not the first time prosecutor Lisa Pellegrini had been enraged by the sight of the T-shirt with the traffic-sign message: STOP SNITCHING. But this guy was about to wear one into court, with matching baseball cap."

"Worse, he was a witness — her witness — and the intended victim in an attempted murder case that had brought him, her and the defendants to court that day last fall."

"This was Rayco 'War' Saunders — ex-con, pro boxer and walking billboard for a street movement that has sparked a coast-to-coast beef involving everyone from professors to rappers."

"Pellegrini, thinking 'witness intimidation,' told Saunders to lose the hat and reverse the shirt. Saunders, crying "First Amendment," refused. He left the courthouse, shirt in place. Case dismissed. 'In almost every one of my homicides, this happens: 'I don't know nothin' about nothin', ' the prosecutor says. 'There is that attitude, 'Don't be a snitch.' And it's condoned by the community.'"

"Omerta, the Mafia's blood oath of silence, has been broken by turncoat after turncoat. But the call to stop snitching — on other folks in the 'hood — is getting louder."

"Is it an attempt by drug dealers and gangsters to intimidate witnesses?"

"Is it a legitimate protest against law enforcers' over-reliance on self-serving criminal informers?"

"Or is it bigger than that?"

It's freakin' retarded is what it is. We're not talking about hiding innocent people from a police state. We're talking about covering up for street thugs and hoodlums – drug dealers, murderers, and the like.

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