[geeks] education systems around the world

[hike]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Jonathan C. Patschke <jp at celestrion.net>wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, hike wrote:
>
>  BTW, we're not on slashdot--no car illustrations needed.  A more
>> appropriate car story is the person trying to enter the traffic lane
>> from a parking lot.  Some well-intended driver stops to let the person
>> enter the traffic lane.  Isn't this polite and nice?  Shouldn't we be
>> polite and nice to each other?  (According to Jonathan's proposed
>> philosophy, we should.) BUT, the light is green and all the cars behind
>> the well-intended driver have to wait and some (but not all) miss the
>> green light and have to stop at the red light.  What has become of the
>> well-intend action?  It has a negative affect on some (if not all) of
>> the drivers behind the well-intended driver.  What is everyone only
>> considered what is "in front of her face"?
>>
>
> I don't recall, at any point, insisting that we shouldn't consider the
> long-term results of our reactions.
>
> Governments were instituted to protect the rights of individuals and
> provide for the common defense.  Look what became of that well-intended
> action; these days, governments dispense with the rights of individuals in
> order to satisfy the imaginary rights of perceived collective.
>
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I didn't say that you did.
I did illustrate that even good-intended actions have negative consequences.