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Old 03-02-08, 13:43   #19
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Re: teaching patriotism in schools

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Teach them to read, teach them to write, teach them how to do sums, and then for the remaining 8 or 9 years of schooling teach them how to judge and weigh evidence. Everything else is cosmetic.
Can't have that! Heaven forbid ('scuse the pun) they may weigh up the evidence and reject any hypothesis on the basis that it's a crock of shite! Safer sticking to our nice healthy diversity model where a range of 'facts' are rammed....I mean offered to the kids as 'facts'.
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