Monday, August 23, 2004

I Liked the Title, and Some of What He Said

The title, Evil and the Anarchy-Repression Continuum.

Some of what he said.

"We need think only a few seconds to realize that all law enforcement infringes to some extent on the liberty of innocent people. You pay taxes for the salary and expenses of the first cop hired, and the minute you do so, you have given up the liberty to spend that money in some other way. From that point on, in a thousand ways, it can be shown to be necessary for the innocent to sacrifice something in order for the policeman to his job. You may be required to drive only on the right hand side of the road. You may be required to give up your free time to serve on jury duty, or testify in court. You may be required to show identification in order to cash a check, or enter a building. You may have to pass through a metal detector in order to board an airplane."

As written by Jay Bryant and posted at Townhall.com.

Posted by John Venlet on 08/23 at 04:24 PM
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Most Must Be Special Need Students, Now

He rides the short bus.  The previous phrase, used to be a phrase, bandied about by students to denote individuals who were considered special needs students.  After reading this, as reported in the Boston.com News, I have come to the conclusion that the “educators” who run the public school systems have almost completed their re-education the parents, public school staffs, state and federal legislatures and, worst of all, the students, who are now all seemingly special needs students.

"When it comes to correcting papers and grading tests, purple is emerging as the new red.

“If you see a whole paper of red, it looks pretty frightening,” said Sharon Carlson, a health and physical education teacher at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Northampton. “Purple stands out, but it doesn’t look as scary as red."

How scary.

Via The Obscure Store.

Posted by John Venlet on 08/23 at 03:55 PM
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