On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 08:26:48 -0500, Shay wrote:

> "Patrick Elliott" <kag### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
> news:52071360$1@news.povray.org...
>> Hmm. I am not going to defend Warp's spiral into poor defense of an
>> argument, but, I will toss in my two cents. "Mandatory Public
>> Education".
> 
> Not the same thing. /My/ state requires I feed and educate my child, at
> least, once he's born. The education requirements are actually quite
> modest.
> That the alternatives are not better accepted is society's problem, not
> the state's. It's even conceivable that my national government could
> require I vaccinate my child, though that would, if it were done legally
> (your lot have pushed us nearly into mob rule), require a Constitutional
> amendment.
> 
> This is much different than going to another country and locking up
> /their/ children between 5 and 18-years-old.

Yep, this. :)

Jim

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