Comments on: Video – Middle School Outrech Conversation

By: Bradley Jardis

Bradley Jardis — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:29:59 +0000

I know. You're right.

It is an impossible situation for someone who wants to live according to a principle of non-violence.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:28:00 +0000

Well Bradley, you support it too. With that little tax bill you got.

By: Bradley Jardis

Bradley Jardis — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:21:54 +0000

Tom,

If someone supports a system which is inherently violent I am sure the opinion of the 12 year old ring true.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:18:54 +0000

For a dumbed down school system, the 12 year old kid sounded smarter than Ian did…

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:39:22 +0000

Tax deductible donations are still charity. You never get more back from a tax deduction than you put into the donation. I give a good deal of money to charity, for example, and I don't even itemize my deductions. The reality is, if people were far wealthier, they'd be able to give far more to charity, not less.

Furthermore, a great deal of charity has been regulated out of existance. For example, in the 50s there were many free church clinics, where poor people could get medical care for nothing or next to nothing. Today, the amount of red tape you'd have to wade through to do that is prohibitive.

By: Brodie

Brodie — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:11:45 +0000

After thinking about the vid some more, I was thinking that talking about how much Americans donate to charities may not be such a good idea, since an educated person may counter that so much is given to charities because of tax deduction incentives. However, in a free society, we would have full employment and savings, so there really would not be much need for the donations. But that just seems to open up a big can of worms. What do you think?

By: Jim F

Jim F — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:38:52 +0000

RIght Sam, I was waiting for Ian to follow up the kid's berating of the "school sucks" phrase with something similar to what you just said.

Would have been great to point out that is the program name and something similar to Sam's post describing it.

Nonetheless easier to say in hindsight and I applaud you all for doing it.

By: Sam Dodson

Sam Dodson — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:58:05 +0000

It's not just that public schools sucks. It sucks the creativity, curiosity, and sense of adventure out of kids. It must be astounding what society has lost because of this.

By: Ian Freeman

Ian Freeman — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:21:13 +0000

Maybe, but that's the name of the podcast we are promoting

By: Seth

Seth — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:14:22 +0000

School sux seems to be ineffective. There has to be better two word combinations to pique their interest.