Our rights in this country start with the Freedom to do anything as long as you do not infringe on another's Freedom.
Replace 'Freedom' With
Liberty.
Freedom means the right to own Guns - But not the right to have taxpayers give you a FREE Gun! (which had to be written into the constitution because it is one of the first rights a free people loose to a tyrannical government ruler. That had to be clarified in the constitution)
See
THIS post. You aren't too far off the mark.
Freedom means the right to an Education - But not the right to have taxpayers give you a FREE Education!
Both are your rights to pursue, acquire & have this country without government imposed restrictions, but Both need to be earned in this country & not given away freely.
Actually they are a natural Birthright of those BORN into citizenship. They must be
earned by those seeking to come here and assimilate by test of demonstrated
knowledge.
But i understand your premise, and as to that is is one that MOST citizens ignore, and will NEVER defend until it is in
DANGER of being
lost.
So therefore the Founders told us we ALWAYS as citizens MUST be ever watchful,
vigilant for the signs of what we are about to lose. So it appears to me that too many are in the '
Rights taken for GRANTED column'...would you not agree? It's a matter of Good
Citizenship.
As to education? It boils to
responsibility *IF* a family, a
society is to survive the ages. Therefore their 'RIGHT' is to educate their prodginy as they seem fit. (Or so it would seem)...Even wild animals TRAIN their offspring to get along/survive in their settings.
SO? What made it
Mandatory for the 'Gubmint' to lay out an edict that your children MUST attend school...and at TAXPAYER EXPENSE?
See WIKI.... Long, and drawn out to be sure...but the bottom line? Societies do these things to ensure their Societies survive. (We could get into LAW on how this achieved, or rather
should be achieved...but isn't for my discussion at this point and time...you have a few years to be here? I don't). So Government mandates it by LAW. Enough said. HOW has been uder debate for years with Homeschoolers, and the like...
-So- Here we are my friend...YES we have the right to TEACH our young skulls-full of mush, and the responsibility to do so IF we are to survive as a civil Society.
Your contention is
what shall we teach? If it were up to me? The SKILLS to make it in society...and NOT the horseshit curriculum we see now dictated by the Government, and their accomplices in the -Teachers' Unions that are more concerned with their TENURE, and Pensions than they are with really
teaching LIFE LESSONS...and real TRUTH.
The government does not take taxpayer funds & buy every toddler a gun, ammo, & shooting lessons.
True enough, nor should they.
You can earn the privilege to join the government military where taxpayers loan you a gun & let you shoot a bunch of government ammo. People have the right to own & carry guns but must earn their own guns & ammo. Government does not just hand them out to everyone.
In other words? JOIN the Military, And defend your Republic from those that seek to take it away? I heartily endorse it, It's a real character builder.
The government does take these rights from dangerous criminals who have infringed the rights of others.
NOW we are getting to the CRUX of your arguement...And YES. That is so. Thes people have demonstrated that they cannot live in civil society, and have shown a propensity for not following the rules of Society BY infringing on the
liberties of others. THAT is why LAWS exist in the first place by the Constitution.
The government should not take taxpayer funds & educate people who are mentally retarded, undeserving, or disrupt class & the education of other students. Government funded education is a privilege students earn by scoring good grades & behaving well.
So they should removed out of the normal learning enviroment, as not to disrupt others and their purpose...I'm with you so far...
Students scoring failing grades should not to be passed on to higher levels of education.
True. They have shown that they have not learned enough to function in the cirricculum, and therefore require further time to learn it to the satisfaction of the set standards...(Now WHOM sets the standards...is another story, and a WHOPPER of a thread...huh...?).
The government should not force failing state run indoctrination upon children.
If you mean FEDERAL Government? Good Point. Heck, the
Federal DOE should NOT exists at all. Things like School boards are a LOCAL affair entirely. i wonder HOW MANY School Boards, States like jumping through HOOPS to get their money back that should have NEVER been paid to the Federal Government in the first place...THIS is a CONTROL ISSUE.
Parents should be allowed to earn the privilege to choose a better than state education for their child using those same tax dollars by making sure their children score better than children in state run schools.
In a word? YES. WE spend more per capita per student than alot of countries have GDP wise. Is this why we fall behind? (And continue to)?
Truth is? The Education system is broken, and too many Politicians, have lost sight of this...by their blind obedience to UNIONS that seem to run things now, all for the SAKE of the
UNION VOTE to remain ensconsed. (And Mind you...these
unions were NEVER elected BY the people...so HOW for heaven's sake have THEY so much power)?
You will forgive me however for using YOUR particuliar post for what I've done here. I read what you wrote, and thought that I would expand a bit.
I tried to illustrate YOUR particuliar points by expanding on them with MY thoughts...So don't fret. *I* understood what your pont was. YOU are a Liberty loving individual that wants to be left alone.
That much is certain.
~T
