Abortion has nothing to do with women's rights. Murder is not a right.
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Xel2006-08-30 13:41
"also, public education gives one a more well-rounded education than the education one receives at private schools." Not neccesarily. Also, I think a mixed bag of private/public schools is a good idea, here in Sweden the syllabi are shit, teachers are undereducated and underfunding is rife - but parents are largely stuck. The syllabi of private schools must always apply to a national bottom line of objectivity, truth, tolerance and positivism however.
"National health care is greater than private health care." Us Swedes would like to disagree somewhat.
"If you give people education and power, the less likely they'll be to screw up." But there be internet and there be libraries! The very idea that fundamentalist parents/the oversexualized media/social preconceptions would *really* be the teacher for teenagers is just leftist!
"And the individual woundn't know about that responsibility unless s/he was told about it." One of the tenets of libertarianism I have problems with is that it depends on virtues and the school of hard knocks. I'm lukewarm to the concept.
"You all about 'irresponsible' people and holding them accountable for their actions. But do you know what causes irresponsible people?" My biggest gripe with libertarianism is that it ignores the unquestionable power of environmental determinism, which incidentally is the biggest justifying factor for more than a skeletal government.