EDU: Public Schools (Was: Re: [extropy-chat]Gametheoryofcommoncold)

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Harvey Newstrom <mail at harveynewstrom.com> wrote:
> Samantha Atkins wrote,
> > Charity that is forced *is* evil.  Do we agree on that much?
> 
> Not if Libertarians are going to define tax-supported schools as
> enforced charity, I don't agree.

Actually, considering that crime was far lower (and literacy far
higher) before the advent of universal public schooling, I would
venture to say that forced charity like public schooling is inherently
evil because, due to its mediocre results, it creates more problems
than it solves.

> 
> Mike Lorrey wrote,
> > Harvey is making a logical fallacy in claiming that his
> > *entirely private* charity work makes forced charity through 
> > government programs "not evil". How he makes such a logical 
> > leap is beyond me...
> 
> I do not make this claim.  I don't see how my private charity work
> could have any bearing on government charity programs.

That was the implication of your statement which I quoted.

=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
                                       - Gen. John Stark
"Fascists are objectively pro-pacifist..."
                                       - Mike Lorrey
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