tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post113039417994730032..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Get Up to Speed on CheGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-1130469567537362712005-10-27T21:19:00.000-06:002005-10-27T21:19:00.000-06:00Vigilis,I really like the way you put that, and so...Vigilis,<BR/><BR/>I really like the way you put that, and so hate to disagree with you, but....<BR/><BR/>The fact that so many people buy into the Che cult is actually testimony to the power of our educational system to spread ideas, like Communism.<BR/><BR/>It is the philosophers, who rationalized so many demonstrably false and destructive notions, who have failed us, as have the intellectuals who transmitted and popularized their ideas. Education has not failed us per se.<BR/><BR/>I am not praising our educational system, which is overall deficient in many respects (and has failed us in that way), but merely noting that it has been effective in that measure.<BR/><BR/>GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-1130466186734783732005-10-27T20:23:00.000-06:002005-10-27T20:23:00.000-06:00Gus, if people, especially U/S/ citizens do not ap...Gus, if people, especially U/S/ citizens do not appreciate their historical advantages, paid for by their recent ancestors, education has failed them. If people expect Utopia, education has failed us all.Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-1130453312099041172005-10-27T16:48:00.000-06:002005-10-27T16:48:00.000-06:00Vigilis,All men are moved by their deepest convict...Vigilis,<BR/><BR/>All men are moved by their deepest convictions. Recall that in the ecoterrorist post that animal "rights" activists equate killing animals with murder and thus see killing human beings to prevent such deaths as justifiable.<BR/><BR/>A good education and the benefits of liberty cannot make men good and they cannot make men automatically accept the idea that freedom is good, or even the ideas upon which such a conclusion is based. And no culture negates free will.<BR/><BR/>GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-1130451770084450642005-10-27T16:22:00.000-06:002005-10-27T16:22:00.000-06:00Gus, Che's reckoning is long overdue. His illegiti...Gus, Che's reckoning is long overdue. His illegitimate glorification by spoiled, immature students has much in common with your 'Ecoterrorists Shift Tactics' (below). Both groups were originally lead and encouraged by folks like the doctor and lawyers now running the Dem. party.<BR/><BR/>When emotional excesses overtake reason, the same leaders emphasize only that their cause is just. Rarely does substantive debate or dialogue ensue. <BR/><BR/>Do you understand how educated, intelligent men like this, with all the priveleges of liberty, can disdain good will toward their fellow citizens so often?Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.com