Worse, they might try to "help you" by posting personal information _about_ you to Facebook, rendering your refusal to do so yourself moot. I regard this as a passive-aggressive form of peer pressure -- now that your information is out there *anyway*, you can no longer have an objection to creating a facebook account, and validating their choices....
Sis did that. She had been methodically scanning *all* our parents' photo albums and posting them on FB, and tagging them. (My kids told me about that.)
I get funny looks all the time when I say I know all about FacePlace and consciously refuse to join.
My sister worked on me for months (we're both "old") to join before I finally got testy and told her under no circumstances would I join. I think she thought I just didn't understand it and just needed to be shown how wonderful it was. She was genuinely hurt by my reaction.
It's like belonging to a religion in many ways. True believers have trouble understanding how others don't share their beliefs; clearly they just need the right explanation to bring them around.
It isn't a question of who does it better. It's a question of where Federal powers and State powers are divided. The creation of the Department of Education was one of many microsteps in the gradual overreaching of Federal powers.
Our Founding Fathers never envisioned a Federal role in public education. Public education is and should be managed on a local/regional level. These attempts to overreach Federal powers need to be stopped.
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Everyone knows the whole thing was filmed in Hollywood.
I don't think that problem is peculiar to religion. It seems to pertain to most strongly-held views, especially politics.
Religion, politics, whatever.
Worse, they might try to "help you" by posting personal information _about_ you to Facebook, rendering your refusal to do so yourself moot. I regard this as a passive-aggressive form of peer pressure -- now that your information is out there *anyway*, you can no longer have an objection to creating a facebook account, and validating their choices....
Sis did that. She had been methodically scanning *all* our parents' photo albums and posting them on FB, and tagging them. (My kids told me about that.)
I get funny looks all the time when I say I know all about FacePlace and consciously refuse to join.
My sister worked on me for months (we're both "old") to join before I finally got testy and told her under no circumstances would I join. I think she thought I just didn't understand it and just needed to be shown how wonderful it was. She was genuinely hurt by my reaction.
It's like belonging to a religion in many ways. True believers have trouble understanding how others don't share their beliefs; clearly they just need the right explanation to bring them around.
I'm sorry, it's just not as fascinating as Women's Beach Volleyball.
My post may have been technically redundant, but the one who posted before was an anonymous coward :p
Feer the whale of fail.
At least that's what my kids tell me.
Ahah, there's the magic word.
You mad! You mad! You mad!
No
Don't you need three to make a *truly* proper axis?
e.g. Germany, Japan, Italy; Iran, Iraq, North Korea
Not that I needed one more reason since I already have enough.
LOL I can assure you I'm not a teenager, just an independent free-thinker whose attitudes tend to piss off a lot of people.
I expected this counterargument. Suffrage is not related to the issue of the separation of Federal and State powers.
It isn't a question of who does it better. It's a question of where Federal powers and State powers are divided. The creation of the Department of Education was one of many microsteps in the gradual overreaching of Federal powers.
Our Founding Fathers never envisioned a Federal role in public education. Public education is and should be managed on a local/regional level. These attempts to overreach Federal powers need to be stopped.
Ron Paul 2012 - (even if I have to write him in)
You modern day Luddite you. (Sounds just like me)
-insert pic of Fry from Futurama-
Hello security theater.
And all this time I thought it was a toaster.
One of my favorite quotes from my mom.
Now that's a good word. I'm going to be sure to try to use my new-found word at least 5 times in conversation today.
You are not spewing the dogmatically correct litany of facts.
Dundundun dunt! Dundundun dunt!