Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Forcing people to watch political debates Message-ID: <1639@dciem.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 18:12:52 EDT Article-I.D.: dciem.1639 Posted: Wed Jul 17 18:12:52 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 21:26:32 EDT References: <1619@dciem.UUCP>Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 29 Summary: >>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 {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsri!dciem!mmt