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Originally Posted by ricechex
" yup, public schools should go. the reason is that the government has a vested interest in teaching its citizens what it wants them to hear . . . also because the government should not be in the business of supporting ideas."
we wouldn't agree on much, q. haha. but we're civil and nice here. i like that. it sounds like partisan crap tho, to be honest. there r facts and a history of facts, and why it is assumed they r only in the business of supporting ideas is kinda weird and scary.
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yeah, i don't care WHAT ideas they are . . . just the fact that they are ideas and opinions held only by some is sufficient. that's why we have the establishment clause -- to make sure the government doesn't set up, implicitly or explicitly, an official doctrine on anything (in this case, religion). there's no inherent problem with the government propagating facts, so long as they are facts and not opinions. (i wasn't saying that the government is ONLY in the business of supporting ideas; it is, however, an inevitable by-product of public support for education.)
soooo . . . can you tell i'm a philosophy major yet?