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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
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« on: July 20, 2004, 02:10:09 AM »

In a brief sentence or so state your positions on the big issues of the day as below.

We already had a thread on this, but anyway, here's what I'd do:

Abortion:

The Supreme Court already said it's a constitutional right, so it is.

Iraq:

Punish Bush as a war criminal.

Tax Cuts:

Repeal Bush's tax cuts for the rich.

Gun Control:

The Second Amendment means what it says.

Education:

A ban on vouchers to send students to private schools. States should be barred from having such voucher programs, as this robs resources from public schools. Students should be allowed to attend public schools outside their home district for free. College should be free for those who cannot pay. I would also implement a law to prohibit public schools that receive federal money from requiring uniforms.

Religion:

The First Amendment means what it says about separation of church and state. We need to crack down on religious extremists as many other countries have.

Homeland Security:

Repeal the misnamed Patriot Act.

Other Civil Liberties:

Bring back the broad constitutional protections of civil liberites, including the right to privacy. Ban states from putting fingerprints or barcodes on driver's licenses.

Gay Marriage:

The government needs to keep its nose out of the bedroom. But I'd also fix the tax system to stop discriminating against unmarried people.

Death Penalty:

Should be abolished.
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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,961


Political Matrix
E: -10.00, S: -9.92

« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2004, 09:20:45 PM »

For the life of me I can't figure out why some people would want to end private schools.

Because so many private schools suck.
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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,961


Political Matrix
E: -10.00, S: -9.92

« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2004, 09:21:48 PM »

Oppose legalized home schooling.

Homeschooling is the last hope for Kentucky's youth.
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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,961


Political Matrix
E: -10.00, S: -9.92

« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2004, 09:28:20 PM »


Mine did. In the immortal words of one of my former schoolmates, our school sucked the suckingest sucking that ever sucked.
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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,961


Political Matrix
E: -10.00, S: -9.92

« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2004, 09:34:23 PM »

Well, by that logic we should end public schools, because so many of them suck.

I'd have a tough time shedding any tears if we got rid of all schools, public and private.

Seriously I don't think school should be required past 6th grade. Some jerks choose not to learn, and all they do is prevent others from learning. Teaching them enough basic life skills to stay out of jail should be enough for them.
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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,961


Political Matrix
E: -10.00, S: -9.92

« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2004, 09:36:49 PM »

Care to try an inner city public school?

I have.

In the early '90s, when violent crime was supposedly at its peak, no less.

Let me say, it was quite possibly the best school I ever attended.
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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,961


Political Matrix
E: -10.00, S: -9.92

« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2004, 09:38:51 PM »

Private schools suck and the kid hate 'em, but no way in hell they should be ILLEGAL.

One that I went to should be illegal.
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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,961


Political Matrix
E: -10.00, S: -9.92

« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2004, 02:10:09 AM »

Poland has been around since at least the 18th century. It was the first country that banned corporal punishment in public schools.
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Bandit3 the Worker
bandit73
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,961


Political Matrix
E: -10.00, S: -9.92

« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2004, 02:22:57 AM »

"In the Third Partition, in 1795, Austria, Prussia, and Russia occupied what remained of Poland. Poland ceased to exist as an independent nation."

Uh, it exists now.

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I don't think any state in America had compulsory attendance laws until around 1850. In fact, when I was in middle school, Mississsippi still didn't have compulsory attendance laws, according to a list in a book I had.
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