It could be argued that it is a matter of national security that the National Institute of Health remain open in a time of an anthrax scare and potential biological terrorism against the United States. The government consitutionally has every right to do as it feels is neccesary when it is felt that the security of the free state is in danger, which includes overlooking civil rights in some cases.
I'm not saying that I neccesarily believe this is such a case, but I would say there is a strong argument out there for this position.
Even if he wasn't charging for the service, what do you think the PR is worth being able to say "The official database of the safe America". It's a business decision.
I agree with most of what you're saying (especially the last half), but I'm afraid I differ with you on the idea of uniforms.
I agree that breaking down on individuality might reduce the bullying, but so would invoking martial law, or enacting corporal punishment on misbehaving students. We could implement the idea society-wide actually.... I'm pretty sure that the murder rate in the USSR was significantly lower per capita than it is here in the States.
School shouldn't just be learning about how to read and write. It should be about learning how to think, and how can one truly learn how to think when they can't be individuals? Had I dressed the right way in high school, I imagined that I would not have been as beaten up, but I also wouldn't be who I am today. I would just be the same person that everyone else was made into.
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It could be argued that it is a matter of national security that the National Institute of Health remain open in a time of an anthrax scare and potential biological terrorism against the United States. The government consitutionally has every right to do as it feels is neccesary when it is felt that the security of the free state is in danger, which includes overlooking civil rights in some cases.
I'm not saying that I neccesarily believe this is such a case, but I would say there is a strong argument out there for this position.
Even if he wasn't charging for the service, what do you think the PR is worth being able to say "The official database of the safe America". It's a business decision.
Actually, it goes back to Hobbes if memory serves
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I agree that breaking down on individuality might reduce the bullying, but so would invoking martial law, or enacting corporal punishment on misbehaving students. We could implement the idea society-wide actually.... I'm pretty sure that the murder rate in the USSR was significantly lower per capita than it is here in the States.
School shouldn't just be learning about how to read and write. It should be about learning how to think, and how can one truly learn how to think when they can't be individuals? Had I dressed the right way in high school, I imagined that I would not have been as beaten up, but I also wouldn't be who I am today. I would just be the same person that everyone else was made into.