Taking the neutrality stance I think makes Switzerland a very special place and must cause the Swiss to think of themselves as somewhat special thereby giving them a degree of social cohesion.
Or does the causation circle go the other way around, with social cohesion coming first and thus the degree of self to lead to the position of neutrality? You suggest that the educational/poverty problems (which I agree are structual) of eg., Canada, do not exist in Switzerland. Is this so? arthur -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 8, 2003 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Futurework] The Politics of Foodbanks (or lack thereof) Harry Pollard wrote: > When I read it, I agreed with Chris' remarks. Except of course > his aside on protectionism. The problem is that the system I described wouldn't work under "Free" Market conditions. > Our only hope in the US in many places is to make education > voluntary. Teachers should teach only those who want to learn - > or whose parents want them to learn. What about the others? This "screw the rest" attitude is so typical of the FT ideology. It only makes things worse. Btw, learning disabilities are increasing. I.e there are children who may want to learn (and whose parents want them to learn) but who are unable to learn (effectively). This is mainly due to effects of corporate policies (junk-food malnutrition, dental mercury, drugs, cell-phone radiation etc.), so blaming "state schools" in general and praising privatization/corporatization is really making the fox guard the henhouse. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
