Opinion of the Issue, part 42

[dead0man]

Hard no.  "force" and "mandatory" are horrible words to me.

[dead0man]

Because some private schools are Christian, the authoritarian athiests think private schools should be banned.

"ZEE STATE MUST HOLD ZA MONOPOLY ON ZA EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTHS."

[dead0man]

Because some private schools are Christian, the authoritarian athiests think private schools should be banned.

"ZEE STATE MUST HOLD ZA MONOPOLY ON ZA EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTHS."

Yeah, pretty much. The Religious Right has totally infiltrated the home-school movement, for instance.

Yet thousands (millions?) of kids are homeschooled in totally non-Christian environments and the anti-homeschoolers care nothing for them.  They just want to force the kids back into (often) sh**tty schools. 

Just because some people abuse something doesn't mean we should ban that thing.

[dead0man]

I just don't like private schools. Too authoritarian, they're for rich people, they often make kids wear uniforms, etc.

Well yeah, generally they are for the super spoiled.  I dislike those people too.  But we shouldn't ban things we don't like/don't understand.