In article <6r8m24t8km94a9volls3h8nau79jcoeu2c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Pubkeybreaker <pubkeybreaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>I would also argue that if one is going to be a responsible citizen who
>>votes, then one needs mathematics and science to keep from getting
>>conned by political soundbites with respect to issues such as
>>global warming, environmental issues, resource issues etc. One also
>>needs
>>to be able to *****s false use of statistics to promote political
>>agenda.
>>Hey! This is a terrific idea! Let's drop the REQUIREMENT for math
>>and science. Make it optional. At the same time, let's only allow
people
>>to vote who have shown reasonable mastery of both subjects!!!
>We would then have to exempt from taxes anyone who fails to show such
>mastery. No taxation without representation - fundamental principal
>that we fought a revolution about.
No taxation without representation of qualified individuals.
At the time of the Revolution, not all could vote.
Do we really want people with a first grade level of knowledge
and understanding make policy? We have too much of this, and
the corresponding lack of freedom. Those who can only think
like machines need to have external programming, and it gets
imposed on the rest.
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are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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