Thursday, October 27, 2005
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Funny letters page. The first part is titled "The benefits of 2,000 American dead."
Patrick Mattimore wants to make going to public schools a requirement for folks who want to get into state universities, because then parents would "think twice" about abandoning public schools. Of course, the fact that public schooling is almost free already should make parents think twice. It just so happens that since public schools suck, they think it's worthwhile to use better schools. In other words, Mattimore is essentially arguing that universities should make "going to an inferior school" an admissions requirement.
A popular theme nowadays on Prop 77, explained by Bob Wetzel, is that what really should happen is that redistricting should be changed in Texas, not California, because that would hurt Republicans. This is the level of argumentation, apparently, for Prop 77 opponents. One wonders why they don't just endorse a law that requires that California's representatives be Democrats, since they seem more concerned with the results, rather than the legitimacy of the election process.
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