It's about giving you a basic understanding of the things a person should know in life.
Then why don't they seem to be doing that?
Yes, everyone should have some basic HS Chemistry under their belt. Even people who will never use it, or are not "good at it".
The funny thing I've noticed is that people who never use it are really no different than people who never took any such classes to begin with. Why? They forgot it all.
I don't know about you, but that seems like wasted time to me.
If the kid is showing an aptitude for engineering he should still be learning about Literature and Biology otherwise he'd end up a misbalanced individual
I know. People who don't know how to scuba dive are extremely unbalanced individuals.
Schools should be teaching you the basicas of balanced society.
I don't remember anything of the sort. I remember boring classes, rote memorization, and teaching to the test.
If you don't have the guts to put your name to what you say and to cop the free speech back, then you don't deserve the right to speak in the first place.
Why? If you don't have the guts to shoot yourself in the foot, then you don't deserve to have any rights. There, I arbitrary decided that not shooting yourself in the foot (unnecessarily putting yourself at risk/harming yourself) means you're a coward and that you don't deserve any rights.
I'm sorry, but-- having been a long-time VICTIM of trolling-- I must point out that most trolling is unambiguously INTENDED to harass and to cause emotional distress-- "for the lulz".
And? Being offended is not the end of the world, is it? Well, it seems to be for some people, but honestly, I think people need to just deal with it.
Everything proves that I'm right! Look around you... God created all that! Since I can't think of another explanation, God did it! And why not look deep into your heart? You know you believe in God; you just haven't consciously accepted it yet.
Is it really that surprising? I knew plenty of elementary school kids who would draw stick figures killing one another when I was in grade school. It's all imaginary, so who cares?
I'm simply blaming everyone involved. That says nothing about my feelings about democracy. If the government didn't do nonsense like this, it wouldn't happen. If the people didn't elect these idiots, it wouldn't happen. Both are at fault here. And you don't have to agree with every single policy of a politician in order to vote for them, either.
I don't believe the people should be able to command the government to violate the rights of the minority, for instance. That's why we need limitations on the government's power (which we do have to some extent, but in my opinion, it's not enough).
I disagree. Even if they're elected again and again, the government is still the one trying to do these things. The voters are at fault, but so is the government.
And if the government wants to do so, then it should do so
Even if it wants to do so, I don't think it should murder random people. The government is not exempt from criticism. I'd say it's both their fault and the fault of the people who elected them.
No freedom was removed from the people in the making of this law.
Their freedom to buy this specific product was. Regardless of any right to buy whatever you please, I don't care for this safety mentality where everyone must suffer in some form. It doesn't matter to me if you're getting poked with a needle for no reason or hit with a hammer, either.
Why do you hate democracy?
Why do you hate America?
This was an action taken by elected representatives or people appointed by elected representatives.
Actually, the poster above said "tyrannical socialim"
I know, but I chose to mention use "evil fascist communist."
but the reality of their phrase: "It is not the job of government to 'change behavior in the general population' in free countries." pretty much requires endorsing anarcho-libertianism as it is an absolute, and does fail to make any distinction as to what harm is caused, but blindly states that the government's job is not to change behavior in the general population, while completely ignorant of not just the criminal justice system, but code enforcement and public education among others.
Given the context, I highly doubt that that's what was meant.
Limiting drink sizes sounds like a pretty mild punishment if it's punishment at all.
I don't really care how mild other people think it is since that is ambiguous. Some people may find the banning of video games mild, too. Don't punish everyone because a certain number of people can't control themselves (especially if the result isn't absolutely catastrophic).
Have you ever walked into a restaurant
If I was looking for that, I'd complain or go to another restaurant. However, this is the government that is enforcing this, not individual restaurants.
and it's the general majority that this policy is supposed to help.
Most of the time, I don't care for using safety as an excuse to limit freedoms.
Real freedom means you take care of yourself from the moment you're born to the moment you die.
That's not necessary in order to have freedom. That happens for no one, so I guess you could say the same thing and argue for the TSA. After all, you only deserve "real freedom" if you have taken care of yourself 100% of the time.
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It's about giving you a basic understanding of the things a person should know in life.
Then why don't they seem to be doing that?
Yes, everyone should have some basic HS Chemistry under their belt. Even people who will never use it, or are not "good at it".
The funny thing I've noticed is that people who never use it are really no different than people who never took any such classes to begin with. Why? They forgot it all.
I don't know about you, but that seems like wasted time to me.
If the kid is showing an aptitude for engineering he should still be learning about Literature and Biology otherwise he'd end up a misbalanced individual
I know. People who don't know how to scuba dive are extremely unbalanced individuals.
Schools should be teaching you the basicas of balanced society.
I don't remember anything of the sort. I remember boring classes, rote memorization, and teaching to the test.
Maybe they just made him fill out blank maps of Canada and memorize dates.
The thing is, they are intended to be generalized education, to give students a little bit of everything.
The thing is, though, that public schools are typically awful. Not to mention that anything useless/not interesting will likely be forgotten.
I have hated working with them, they can't adjust, they can't get out of their box
Interesting. I've found this to be true even with normal high school graduates.
If you don't have the guts to put your name to what you say and to cop the free speech back, then you don't deserve the right to speak in the first place.
Why? If you don't have the guts to shoot yourself in the foot, then you don't deserve to have any rights. There, I arbitrary decided that not shooting yourself in the foot (unnecessarily putting yourself at risk/harming yourself) means you're a coward and that you don't deserve any rights.
I'm sorry, but-- having been a long-time VICTIM of trolling-- I must point out that most trolling is unambiguously INTENDED to harass and to cause emotional distress-- "for the lulz".
And? Being offended is not the end of the world, is it? Well, it seems to be for some people, but honestly, I think people need to just deal with it.
You just make up your own little definition of rape and call everything you don't like "rape."
Everything proves that I'm right! Look around you... God created all that! Since I can't think of another explanation, God did it! And why not look deep into your heart? You know you believe in God; you just haven't consciously accepted it yet.
Is it really that surprising? I knew plenty of elementary school kids who would draw stick figures killing one another when I was in grade school. It's all imaginary, so who cares?
I'm simply blaming everyone involved. That says nothing about my feelings about democracy. If the government didn't do nonsense like this, it wouldn't happen. If the people didn't elect these idiots, it wouldn't happen. Both are at fault here. And you don't have to agree with every single policy of a politician in order to vote for them, either.
I don't believe the people should be able to command the government to violate the rights of the minority, for instance. That's why we need limitations on the government's power (which we do have to some extent, but in my opinion, it's not enough).
You're doing something that I don't like; therefore, you're mentally inept.
I disagree. Even if they're elected again and again, the government is still the one trying to do these things. The voters are at fault, but so is the government.
And if the government wants to do so, then it should do so
Even if it wants to do so, I don't think it should murder random people. The government is not exempt from criticism. I'd say it's both their fault and the fault of the people who elected them.
The difference is that sex is Pure Evil.
They are still free to buy the product, but likely it will be harder to find.
From specific locations. In that case, I just don't see the point in this. Seems like another case of the government wasting their time and money.
No freedom was removed from the people in the making of this law.
Their freedom to buy this specific product was. Regardless of any right to buy whatever you please, I don't care for this safety mentality where everyone must suffer in some form. It doesn't matter to me if you're getting poked with a needle for no reason or hit with a hammer, either.
Why do you hate democracy?
Why do you hate America?
This was an action taken by elected representatives or people appointed by elected representatives.
Any action or decision can be criticized.
I've never bought a soda of that size, so I take statements like "punishing everyone" to be a bald face lie.
"Punishing everyone" as in "removing the freedom to do this from everyone" or "punishing healthy people who get these on occasion."
So where's the punishment?
So what's the point? I don't see any reason to do this, and it's just a waste of the government's time and money.
Actually, the poster above said "tyrannical socialim"
I know, but I chose to mention use "evil fascist communist."
but the reality of their phrase: "It is not the job of government to 'change behavior in the general population' in free countries." pretty much requires endorsing anarcho-libertianism as it is an absolute, and does fail to make any distinction as to what harm is caused, but blindly states that the government's job is not to change behavior in the general population, while completely ignorant of not just the criminal justice system, but code enforcement and public education among others.
Given the context, I highly doubt that that's what was meant.
I'd say it is. At the very least, it's a restriction upon everyone.
But I don't think they're pointing them back to sanity in the first place. I think they're punishing everyone under the guise of health/safety.
Because some things, like trying to combat copyright infringement, just seem like a complete waste of time and money.
Stopping people who (theoretically most of the time) directly harm others is quite different than banning the selling of sodas of a certain size.
anarcho-libetarian fantasy
That's about as accurate as call you an evil fascist communist.
Limiting drink sizes sounds like a pretty mild punishment if it's punishment at all.
I don't really care how mild other people think it is since that is ambiguous. Some people may find the banning of video games mild, too. Don't punish everyone because a certain number of people can't control themselves (especially if the result isn't absolutely catastrophic).
Have you ever walked into a restaurant
If I was looking for that, I'd complain or go to another restaurant. However, this is the government that is enforcing this, not individual restaurants.
and it's the general majority that this policy is supposed to help.
Most of the time, I don't care for using safety as an excuse to limit freedoms.
This ban is a very very very small return to sanity.
The government punishing everyone is a return to sanity? Interesting.
Real freedom means you take care of yourself from the moment you're born to the moment you die.
That's not necessary in order to have freedom. That happens for no one, so I guess you could say the same thing and argue for the TSA. After all, you only deserve "real freedom" if you have taken care of yourself 100% of the time.