The Fool wrote: >http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,54782,00.html > >Disturbing questions #23-25, The very fact that fox would suggest >these things, and that they got such high yes percentages. >--- >Residents of the United States must pass a test to obtain a driver's >license before being allowed to drive a motor vehicle. Do you think >residents should also be required to pass a test before being >allowed to: >SCALE: 1. Yes 2. No 3. (Not sure) > Yes No (Not sure) >23. Buy a gun? 77% 18 5 >24. Become a parent? 37% 54 9 >25. Register to vote? 47% 48 5
Of *course* actually doing any of those things is a restriction on rights, and on those grounds no reasonably intelligent person could support them. However, on the other hand, you can't deny that there are a lot of people out there that lack the basic skills to be parents, operate a gun, or vote responsibly. While I certainly don't support the idea of testing for fitness in a literal way, I have absolutely though on occasion that there *ought* to be a license to parent. Of course, given that I have lived right up on some pretty impoverished areas of the Eastern US, I may have a different perspective. I'd never vote for anything like that, but I'd be lying if I said I never wondered how certain folks could be permitted to raise children. Jim ------------------------------------------------ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
