exactly. until they come to the realization that they're just delusional pack animals carrying the water for their wonton masters, engaging them in their totemic phantasm only spurs them further down the same mis-guided path. no one's going to change their mind by force, and considering the group in question, they'll have to be overwhelmingly repulsed by what they've become. the sad part is, that by that time, it'll probably be too late.
#43. To: omerta, christine, loner, lodwick, all (#15)(Edited)
until they come to the realization that they're just delusional pack animals carrying the water for their wonton masters, engaging them in their totemic phantasm only spurs them further down the same mis-guided path. no one's going to change their mind by force, and considering the group in question, they'll have to be overwhelmingly repulsed by what they've become. the sad part is, that by that time, it'll probably be too late.
My oldest son found this out the hard way. He's only 13 and is so intelligent and altruistic. He never needed to take any queues from me on his independent and pro-Constitution beliefs. He spoke out to his "christian" friends at his "christian" school who responded with all of the hate and vigor of the BOTS on LP. He is now labelled a "liberal" [which is as far from the truth as you can get] and an "America hater."
It's obvious what these kid's parents are isn't it....
sounds like a fine son you have there, Indie. it's probably better that he finds out now to choose his friends wisely. he should tell the little statists-in-training to at least get it right, it's Classical Liberal! maybe one or two of them will even bother to find out what it means and end up changing their tune. ;)
your son is welcome....have him join, Indie, it would be neat to have his participation and fun for us to get an intelligent and inquisitive teenager's point of view.
typical bot tactic....one particular poster has used that one on us here with every single post. you know who i mean, Indie. ;)
From Wikipedia: (sounds good to me!)
Classical liberalism is a political philosophy that supports individual rights as pre-existing the state, a government that exists to protect those moral rights, ensured by a constitution that protects individual autonomy from other individuals and governmental power, private property, and a laissez-faire economic policy.
Many elements of this ideology developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, and it often seen as being the natural ideology of the industrial revolution and its subsequent capitalist system. The early liberal figures that libertarians now describe as their fellow "classical liberals" rejected many foundational assumptions which dominated most earlier theories of government, such as the Divine Right of Kings, hereditary status, and established religion, and focuses on individual freedom, reason, justice and tolerance.[2]. Such thinkers and their ideas helped to inspire the American Revolution and French Revolution.
Most of those "christian" schools are founded and mantained by RAPTURE MONKIES. You are better off with home schooling if you have the werewithal to do it.
He spoke out to his "christian" friends at his "christian" school who responded with all of the hate and vigor of the BOTS on LP.
Forget about "Christian" schools. That's Protestant with a very great likelihood of fundie influence and finacial underpinings.
If you can afford it, go private non-denominational - you can impart your religious values at home and your kid will not be brain washed with religious values of others.
If you cannot afford it, then I'd recommend Catholic parochial schools - they often have small quotas for non-Catholics.