At 07:57 AM 6/9/02, Jim wrote: >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.
Which is why I wonder every time I see them in the bookstore whether the "Sex for Dummies" books are really such a good idea. After all, if they're such "dummies" they need a manual for that first step, what kind of parents can we expect them to make? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
