My Least favorite people

I was reading some of the posts on here, and I was able to determine that my least favorite people in the world are the ones who call things/people capitalist (often on this board), communists (often elsewhere, namely politicians), male dominated (often true, but it really pisses me off when feminists go bitching about something that's male dominated, that probably should be. For instance, construction or sewer maintenence).

I was reading some posts, and I can't stand people rant and rave about how this college or this school or this curriculum is bad for their children is oh so capitalist. yeah, it is, but so what? Capitalism and mercantilism are they only two economic theories that have been tried on a large scale that actually worked. I'm ranting and raving, but I coudln't really find a more appropriate forum besides pure bull, where I doubt anybody would take a second thought as to what I'm ranting about.

What bothers me the most about some of these people are the home schoolers. While I don't doubt that there are many qualified parents, I still harbor an assurance that the majority of home schooling parents are doing their children a disservice. The two most common arguements in favor of home schooling are:
1. There are bullies and mean teachers and favoritism in school.
R: Yeah, and they are them in the real world too. Get used to it. Keeping them at home and sheltering them is going to deprive them of the well-rounded education that they would gain in public school, and they end up in a piss-poor world anyways.

2. They are all so capitalist and will corrupt my child and make them unable to think for themselves.
R: Bombarding them with peaches & cream bullshit isn't helping either. Teaching your children to constantly rebel is doing more of a disservice then telling them to conform. No, seriously, if you want the best for your child, they need to know when to shut up and go with the flow.

It really bothers me when Christian scientists cause their kids years of physical agony because they think God will come down and kick some diseased ass. It bothers me even more when parents deprive their children of years of education and a good job because they are too self-rigteous and stubborn/ignorant to realize that despite public school's shortcomings, it's probably better than a half educated adult with their head stuck far up their ass.

Yeah, I'm ranting. And it changed topics. But I'm protesting stupidity.

 

Oh yeah, don't bother using my age as a reason to disagree with me. At least come up with something that hasn't been said to me before.

 

I'm with you right there dude. I'm homeschooled and it sucks arse big time.
#1 I h8 my parents because I have to be around them all day, and any hate that other people would direct tords teachers, I direct tords parents.
#2 I'm never around anyone my age, so I've never had any friends or anyone to talk too.

I'm not with you there dude. Why can't wemon do those things? They could do it better than me anyways.

 

Women have less (or none, I don't know) testosterone in them, by default. Testosterone assists in building muscle, which is arguably essential in construction. While I don't believe some women would be good at construction, chances are there are more men than women that would excel at construction.
Sewer maintenence just isn't something I can see a woman wanting to do. Because I'm a male chauvinist pig.

 

Hey Toketrip,

Ever heard of a woman body-builder?! Yup, they have muscles and are women! What a concept, huh?!

 

Capitalism and Mercantalism are the only two economic systems tried on a large scale an worked? cough:socialism:cough cough - and worked? capitalism is a relatively new theory, and while i may not be an economist or incredibly learned on the subject, i do know enough to understand that it isn't 'working' they way it was meant to nor will it, money creates greed and any system based on money is gauranteed to fail more than not, it just creates monetary competition that impedes real progress because it turns society into a dog-eat-dog world where everyone is in a race to get to the top financially and the gap between the rich and the poor is increasing beacuse of it.
and may i protest stupidity and ignorance and say that i am a feminist and highly suggest you rethink your statement that things should be 'male dominated' - but i'll forgive you because you're 15yrs old and from Ohio - you've got a lot to learn...
~Dan

 

Hey...........Greed is good, ( in reasonable quanity that is )
You are giving the impresion that you are taking this board way too seriously.

Peace

 

When was sociallism ever successful? I mean like a whole coutry.

 

Cure yourself first.

 

It used to be common for people to put something or someone down as "communist" and not really know what a communist was. As far as they were concerned, it was something evil. I suspect that there are people out there who do the same thing with "capitalist."

Capitalism is far from perfect, but it is a part of our environment. In this situation, people justifiably want to learn how to make a decent living and provide for themselves and their children. Any teacher who tries to say anything good about socialism or any other alternative will have to face a principal, angry parents or a board of education or directors.

Home schooling can be effective in some situations. I've only met a few people who have been home schooled (as far as I know), and I don't know if they are typical. The impression I get is that they were pulled out of school for religious reasons. I think that one good thing about public school is that students are exposed to a wider variety of people than they would have been at home. I'm talking about the obvious things such as race and religion and income, but also the not so obvious things like the way people see the world. Home schooling parents seem to want to shelter their children, and as I see it that is the opposite of what a good education is.

"Male dominated" just means that there are more men in a place or a field than women. It doesn't necessarily mean that women are not permitted or welcome. Construction jobs require a certain amount of physical strength, and a clear majority of people with that strength are men. If a woman can do the job, let her do it. I don't think TokeTrip would disagree with that. There are almost certainly fields that require skills that women are more likely to have than men do, and they are probably "female dominated." This doesn't seem so bad to me.

 

Practically every country in the European Union is to some degree socialist. And what about Switzerland? One of the most successful countries in the world (economically speaking). And what do you know? They're socialist!

 

If you read my post, you'll notice that I addressed that.

 

Where did socialism work? China? Mao's mass killings don't really matter right? Neither did Stalin's? Minor expenditures I guess? I know you'll point out the japanese camps in the states, but they didn't starve them, or kill them. Well, more than 100. Which is 100 too many, but it doesn't compare to multiple millinos.

By the way, capitalism is pretty much a dog-eat-dog thing. It sucks,but it reintroduces a rough version of Natural Selection. Mind you, I said rough.

Wait, where did I say that things should be male dominated? Construction? That requires muscle. As far as I'm concerned, whoever best does the job should get it. But unfortunatly, men have more testosterone, and by nature are more able to build muscle. QED.

 

Thanks, because making statements and not supporting them at all really makes for a substantial debate/discussion.

 

I'll also point out that they make money from the corrupt politicians, the nazi's, the big drug dealers, and weapons smugglers. Albeit, they have a lot of more legal customers too, but still. They also payed a fraction of the money the had (stolen from dead Jews, mind you) to the US not to be bothered.

Also, switzerland has always been neutral. They supported the Nazi's (yes, taking care of their money is supporting them). Banking things don't count, unless you consider JP Morgan to be a humanitarian.

Europe is overcrowded, and their entire GDP is not too far from the US.

If you want a successful socialist country, look at Sweden. They have all the basic things (agriculture, shipping, banking, car manufacture,e tc.), have a 100% literacy rate, and have lots of hot blondes. I visited there, but my support of socialism ended there, when I found out their tax rates tend to be lower than Canada's. Bruhaha.

 

I have a lot of time on my hands, because I'm paying people to do my school work.

 

Bull, I'm sure alot of chicks are stronger than me anyways.

 

dude, what the fuck are you talking about? rough version of natural selection?
to quote Green Revolution: "Practically every country in the European Union is to some degree socialist. And what about Switzerland? One of the most successful countries in the world (economically speaking). And what do you know? They're socialist!"
China and Russia were based on communism, not socialism - quite different
if you think whoever does the job best should get it then say that, but don't follow it by saying that men, just because they are men, are better at it for whatever reason

 

... Men are better at it. In general. I'm not using men singularily, or it would be man. I'm saying in general. You might have noticed that if you read my postl. Also, this is why arguing with feminists is impossible; they don't listen to everything, and criticize what you covered.

 

Maby I ought to send a chick to knock you around a while.