My apologies to "The Fool", I meant to send this reply to the list, and ended up only sending it to him. One of the downfalls of mime digest mode... the reply button does not reply to the list. After not seeing my reply in the digest, I got worried (especially with all the server issues I have had to deal with recently :-[ including mail issues), but a little detective work revealed the problem. I'll be a little more careful in the future about that "To:" field.
From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 Actually, on the gun, I think before a person should be able to posses firearms, the person should be able to pass a rudimentary gun safety test, and maybe a test on the laws regarding possesion and use of firearms (that would be more for the sake of the individual so they don't unwittingly land themselves in trouble with the law), but anything more would be excessive. As for parenting, what would be the standard of judgement? Who will write the test? No, there would not be a fair way to judge that. I am, however, for limiting the number of children a person can have as long as it is applied universally. Overpopulation is a serious problem and must be addressed eventually, though considering that the US is one of the largest countries in the world, and compared to some other countries, has a relatively small population, so overpopulation is not really a serious problem here yet (though hopefully it will be addressed before the problem does become serious). As for registering to vote, such a test already exists. It is the citizenship test. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your perspective) people who are born citizens are exempt from taking the test. Forcing people to take a civics test before they can register to vote would be unfair to the poor and undereducated, and would virtually guarantee to turn them into a pseudo-slave class in the future. Only 4 articles in the digest for yesterday? What in the world happened? Is Mark on vacation? Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] We do not inherit the Earth from our parents; we borrow it from our children. - Native American Phylosophy
