tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5793279978273344736..comments2024-03-28T14:04:18.243-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: The Luddites of EducationLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-316615413635817242015-06-11T17:05:32.950-04:002015-06-11T17:05:32.950-04:00I concur completely, ffd. Education is the answer ...I concur completely, ffd. Education is the answer to a whole host of problems.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-17779173676724207562015-06-11T16:04:04.533-04:002015-06-11T16:04:04.533-04:00Parents who won't let their children learn abo...Parents who won't let their children learn about sex in a sensible manner are setting them up to be easy sexual victims. Thankfully the complete ignorance of sex that children used to grow up in is nearly impossible these days, but that's what many of these parents want. I am sick of people who think nasty things only happen in big cities, so their small town kids don't need to know anything. Small towns dominated by all male industries such as mining and forestry are gender imbalanced and high risk for young girls who need to know everything they can find out, long before adolescence, in order to protect themselves. They cannot depend on their numbskull parents. ffdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-54092180587322239462015-06-11T14:38:56.348-04:002015-06-11T14:38:56.348-04:00There is no doubt, Pamela, that many of them are d...There is no doubt, Pamela, that many of them are deeply offended by Wynne's sexual orientation. Code phrases that refer to her as an 'activist premier', and statements that she is imposing 'her agenda' on the children of Ontario attest to their prejudice. What probably infuriates them even more is that the vast majority of us don't care that she is gay.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-58941282423454888262015-06-11T13:59:45.138-04:002015-06-11T13:59:45.138-04:00I wonder Lorne what it is about sex education that...I wonder Lorne what it is about sex education that really bothers them and they now want their primitive beliefs imposed on parents who want their children to have healthy sex education. I've never understood people who think they have the right to dictate how others should live, I also think, given the dictates of their religion, that they have a problem with Wynne being openly gay.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-2222547658696475862015-06-11T12:47:24.281-04:002015-06-11T12:47:24.281-04:00Very true, Owen. They want no truck with Hamlet...Very true, Owen. They want no truck with Hamlet's observation:<br /><br />What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how<br />infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and<br />admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like<br />a god!Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-80424234545659362312015-06-11T12:04:10.718-04:002015-06-11T12:04:10.718-04:00The problem with all organized religion -- of what...The problem with all organized religion -- of whatever stripe -- is its insistence on conversion, Lorne. Freedom of Thought is replaced by Right Thought.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com