Re: Market Failures, Monocultures, and Dead Kids (Oh My!)

17 Dec 2003

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In, on 03/18/97 at 10:07 PM,
   Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net> said:
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William H. Geiger III wrote:
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dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM) said:
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Suppose X chooses to innoculate their kids and Y chooses not to innoculate
their kids against, say, polio; and Y's kids get it. They're not going to
give it to someone whose parents chose to innoculate them. (This is a kind
of borderline example, not unlike circumcision.  The individual affected
by the choice is too young to understand what it's all about, but doesn't
want to be stuck with a needle. Why are the parents more qualified to make
decisions for him than the state?)
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The issue of who is more qualified is irrelevent.
The parents are the ONLY ones who have a right to determin the welfare of
their childern. If the parents determin that the risks of reaction to the
innoculation outways the benifits that choice is their's and their's alone.
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I inherited three kids (9, 11, and 13) in November, and am starting to get
used to the schools' intrusions just now.  So far, I've prepared one form
for the kids to hand to the teacher when there is an off-campus trip
scheduled.  Like who's driving, are they certified by the school board,
chaperones (who are they), etc.
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Recently they did a surprise dental inspection of the youngest kid. I'm
preparing a form to tell the schools that any certification they require
on the kids as to health, etc. will be provided by our doctors, not
theirs, so the kids can skip their inspections. So far I haven't met with
any serious opposition, but who knows?
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(I'm informing them that I'm a Puritan, and follow very strict religious
practices)
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Today's Long Beach paper had an extensive article on "pregnancy counciling
support groups" for sixth grade girls (in Santa Ana?), and the "support
groups" were mandatory. Religious fundamentalists are certain to hit the
ceiling on this one - not just the increase in sexual awareness aspect,
but the hoodoo-voodoo aspect of a "support" group that smacks of New Age
practices (their article, not mine).  According to the article, the groups
have an amazing record, i.e., pregnancies down by 80% or more among the
teenage girls.
Well the best way to aviod all this is to "Home School". In the end they
will get a much better education and they woun't turn out to be lock-step
robots for the STATE.

This requires a two parent home though (politically incorrect these days)
and a wife with a few brain cells. :)

The next best thing is a private school but even they are being corrupted
by all this touchy feely crap. Still better than sending them to the
STATE'S reeducation centers.

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