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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Forcing people to watch political debates
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 18:12:52 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 17 18:12:52 1985
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>>In my view, one freedom that should be
>>curtailed is the freedom to be uninformed (or uneducated, perhaps).
>
>What constitutes uninformed?  Since no one can no everything, which
>information will be stressed most?
>
>Here come the Thought Police to take us to the "re-education centers."
>
>>Martin Taylor
>
>                                                        Mike Sykora
Precisely the opposite; the Thought Police could get nowhere if the
populace made sure to get the facts as best they could, and to think
about them.

Actually, my statement was a kind of cat-among-the-pigeons statement.
It has an obvious truth in its intent, and an obvious impossibility
in its execution.  Kind of like libertarianism as expressed on the net :-)

More seriously, though, a lot of people seem to go out of their way
to ensure that they remain uninformed about certain matters, and that
their children are not exposed to uncongenial ideas.  It's a natural
enough reaction, but one that should be strongly discouraged.
-- 

Martin Taylor
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