Re: opt out?

["Troy Merrill" <troy1@moscow.com>]

Douglas said:

> I did not say that they were equal. But they are analogous. What argument
> can be brought against tax-supported newspapers that cannot also be
brought
> against tax-supported schools? And such arguments would not work if
applied
> to street lights.


I think that government provision of education and street lights are more
analogous than the government controling education and the press. Society as
a whole benefits because its members are literate, i.e. they can read a
newspaper. Society also benefits from night lighting on public avenues, i.e.
it reduces accidents. Society does not benefit from the government
controlling the press, i.e. we have less information on which to hone the
skills aquired in the public schools.

Troy Merrill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas" <dougwils@moscow.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:18 PM
Subject: opt out?


>
> Dear visionaries,
>
> Judy LaLonde wrote:
>
> Public newspaper does not equal public education.
> Faulty logic! Shame on you.
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>
> ??????????
>
> I did not say that they were equal. But they are analogous. What argument
> can be brought against tax-supported newspapers that cannot also be
brought
> against tax-supported schools? And such arguments would not work if
applied
> to street lights.
>
>