response to the 2/7/23 letter: "Private education is all that;s needed"
What is important in a free society is an educated public, exposed to diverse ideas to free and protect it from pre-defined channels of thought that tend to result in limited thinking. With a concept of "private" goes an easy decision to restrict (like, does that next new thought fit into our pre-ordained set of ideas) ...and that's not education.
Citizens certainly have the right to express their preferences...that's why we have a democracy (and that's why un-manipulated voting is so important!). We also have a government carefully established to ensure a platform for those diverse ideas unencumbered with a need to respond to any limited set of ideas. We elect that government and establish rules for its conduct to protect our freedoms...but not all our perceived prerogatives.
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Your view that "government equals force" incorrectly overlays government's real role to further "the public good"; and that's absolutely vital to a democracy. I believe public education is the public's answer to private prerogatives and limited thinking.
Frank Parsons
Northeast side
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