On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 12:43 -0800, geofgibson wrote: > How many parents do you think would seek to have their children unable to > compete or hold a decent job?
Amish people. > > Do you think science is dependent upon the government defining a curriculum? No but it may help keep stupidity away from it (Intelligent Design, for instance). > > I think you underestimate people of faith. Mennonites and Amish people have > managed pretty well to keep a minimalist lifestyle in a modern world. That's fine if it works for them. Live and let live--that's my creed. My concern is that we, as a country, are going to need more scientists and engineers than ever in the next 10 to 20 years. Amish and Mennonite parents will certainly not help us get there. > > There may be more, less, or the same number of these communities without > government forced education, but the desire of Man to strive for knowledge > can only be stopped by the repression of other men. I agree. Again, I'm asking these questions because I think it's of strategic importance that we remain competitive and I believe the only way we're going to achieve that is through education. M [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
