tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post113761027212385156..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: An Atavist Gripe BreakThe Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1137786966102629962006-01-20T14:56:00.000-05:002006-01-20T14:56:00.000-05:00I honestly don't know, Vishnusaran. I think that ...I honestly don't know, Vishnusaran. I think that we all have the right to elect those who govern us. We should have the right to dictate to them how far their powers extend and to establish curbs on their power. <BR/><BR/>The problem is that the electorate always keeps on voting for those who make the biggest promises, always on the presumption that someone else will pick up most of the cost. That is why we end up with government deficits accruing into enormous national debts. <BR/><BR/>Also, people are meddlers by nature and want to make everyone live like they do, have the same values, etc. So there are then attempts to restrict what you can read or watch, with whom you can interact, whether or not you can go to church, and even (in the case of Islamic nations) which god you can worship.<BR/><BR/>It is a big problem. I don't have all the answers.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1137727525766533522006-01-19T22:25:00.000-05:002006-01-19T22:25:00.000-05:00Mr. Pedde if a new system other than democracy nee...Mr. Pedde if a new system other than democracy needs to be established in our democratic society then how will it happen?SonOfGodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664438804093526495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1137678460012172092006-01-19T08:47:00.000-05:002006-01-19T08:47:00.000-05:00You're right, Ted. The motto of our local school ...You're right, Ted. The motto of our local school system is: Success for every student. That doesn't mean that each and every student will earn an A or B average and actually understand what is on the curriculum, it simply means that regardless of their knowledge and performance, they will always be moved to the next grade. Like you say, they don't understand that in the real world, they will have to take responsibility for their own actions, good or bad, and that they will be judged on their performance and behaviour. That comes as quite a shock to some people.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1137651708830102242006-01-19T01:21:00.000-05:002006-01-19T01:21:00.000-05:00What you're seeing is the unintended consequence o...What you're seeing is the unintended consequence of a public school preoccupation with "self esteem". This dreck made it's way thru American schools in the early and mid 1980s, and basically boils down to vain feel-goodism based on bureaucraTeacher-created delusions of grandeur in the party in question.<BR/>Like most socialistic designer causes and ethical fads, it produced a swath of "Generation Why?" unable and unwilling to cope with the fact they actually ARE capable of fucking up from time to time...Go figure!<BR/>Since the pull-peddlers and looters who think such social engineering from Washington a good idea look reverentially to Canada, I'd imagine the disease has been spreading through the schools there awhile.TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.com