South celebrates Civil War, largely without slaves

Dutch · Dec 6, 2010

Albert Di Salvo said:
In this plane of existence one tends to get what they pay for. Parents can save their children with money or heroic effort to attain a first rate education.

In my town we have a charter school that is in the top ten public high schools in the country. That charter school actively recruits Latinos and Mexicans. They don't attend. Why? Bad parents. Yes, not everything is the fault of teachers. I stand corrected.

Bad Latino and Mexican parents have condemned their children to a life time of inferiority, and they have condemned all other Americans to try to deal with the problems created by their gangbanging children.

Not all cultures are equal. Chinese culture is superior to White, Black and Latino American cultures. The whites are weak and aimless, the blacks won't stay with the women they impregnate, and Latinos don't value education.

You are spending too much time with race. Not all successes in this country are white or asian. Not all failures are blacks and latinos. You are also placing too much emphasis on the school. If I had to boil it down to it's essence I'd have to say success in america comes down to a good work ethic and putting value on education as a means to and end. Remember, education isn't a "static" endeavour. It's effort on the part of the teacher and effort on the part of the student. A school is just a building with books. By itself it's worthless.

Dutch · Dec 6, 2010

cpwill said:
Thomas Sowell has done some very interesting work with this. for example, black children raised in a house with a library card do just as well as white children raised in houses with library cards.

I've been reading, and agreeing, with thomas sowell for a couple of decades now. I've also agreed in large part with what bill cosby and some of what mr obama have had to say on the subject. Government programs aren't a substitute for an intact family structure, a good work ethic, delayed gratification, and valuing education as a means to achieve success.

Dutch · Dec 6, 2010

SheWolf said:
I don't understand why secession should be celebrated.. I believe in state's rights, but I don't think secession is needed in order to practice state's rights.

If you have your doubts about the union, then secession should be celebrated.

Dutch · Dec 6, 2010

Kal'Stang said:
Of course it is absurd, illogical, and abhorrent. To our 21st century way of thinking. Put yourself in their shoes and it is not quite absurd, illogical, and abhorrent. Back then anything that wasn't just like them was not human. Anything not human could be and should be exploited to further their goals. We are no different today in those respects. Only difference is that we have more accepted knowledge than they did.

I could make the point we're treating illegals in such a way as to further our own agendas. I don't much care for it. It cheapens our society and it cheapens us to exploit our illegals in the way we are.

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