No, I'm not talking about K-12. LIberals don't make that distinction. They speak of "school" and "children" without making any distinction about grades or ages.flintknapper wrote:I suppose it applies everywhere, but you are talking more about K-12 and I was concentrating on College Campuses. The faculty of schools K-12 would be a minuscule number, whereas the faculty and (eligible) students on campus might be appreciable.baldeagle wrote:Easily answered. It's the children.flintknapper wrote:I disagree here, but maybe I just don't understand the "oppositions" logic (if there is any).
Maybe someone can explain it to me. What makes schools so special? Is it the fact the majority of people there are under the age of 30? Is there some perception that this age group (while carrying) acts impetuously other places? What is it about a school setting that suddenly increases the chance of a mishap? Responsible people tend to be responsible no matter the setting.
You know, we have to have school lunches because children shouldn't have to go hungry. We can't have guns near schools because children shouldn't feel threatened. We have to have welfare because children should have to suffer due to the actions of their parents.
Children are one of the linchpins of the liberals' arguments for more government control.
The problem with a lot of people on this forum (like you, for example), is that they think about things rationally and intelligently. The mistake they make is extending that process to the general population. Most people aren't like you. They're not rational. They're emotional. Easily swayed by rhetoric. They don't think things through like you do and reason out a course of action. They react to situations and demand that "something be done about it", without thinking about the consequences long term.
You need to stop assuming that other people are like you and realize that many, many of them are not.
