Dear csteele,

Thank You for pointing this out to us.

I went into the author's posting history
on this Forum - and you're right. He does
not interact at all. He merely starts
the discussion with an opening post and
then he disappears. It seems that he's
obsessed with Muslim Schools as a topic.
I shan't be wasting my time any further.
But I guess that answers my question as
to what his point was in starting this
discussion.

Why not simply omit state funding for non-public schools? Those who wish to send their children to non-public schools can pay for that choice. I object to my tax dollar used to support religious indoctrination in any religion. I also think it is sad that children are segregated by religion. It creates a divisive society. Children of different faiths and of none can grow up together, learn together and work together.

If humans would just evolve, we wouldn’t need religion and the trouble it generates. Then again, the simplest things are just manageable by those who need them:)
Would any religious member like a banana?..I’ve just opened a new on line fruit shop, and all are welcome:)
Still in the dark ages, aren’t we…..oh dear.

PLANET

NO MADRASSES, EVER.

Dear davidf,

Indoctrination. It is an interesting and loaded word. Even phonetically, with the guttural Germanesque 'doct' and the subliminal homonymic; urination.

But I digress.

Your beef is with religious indoctrination, with which I sympathise entirely, but what about some of the more secular indoctrinations such as history e.g. ANZAC myths, or literary or artistic varieties?

For instance is the funding by us all of orchestras or ballet companies the result of indoctrination? Are the few with an intrinsic appreciation of these forms of art compelled to indoctrinate as many of the rest of the community so that they in turn are prepared to expend resources to maintain them? Is the supposedly lofty aim of taking the 'fine arts' to 'the masses' that much different to what the Catholic Church involves itself in?

Is the only difference that we regard indoctrination of the collective more acceptable than that of the cult?

Dear Jayb,

'NO MAD ASSES, EVER.'

Please excuse yourself.

csteel: but what about some of the more secular indoctrinations such as history e.g. ANZAC myths, or literary or artistic varieties?

The ANZAC myth, as you call it, is no Myth. But then cowards would never know.

I do agree with you on literary & artistic varieties though. I do take it that that also applies to the Heavy Metal & Rap varieties as well. Still, I do think that there is a place for Shakespeare & Marlow in the curriculum. Even if it is just to teach people about the nuances, beauty & complexity of the English language, as opposed to the garbled gibberish of Arabic.

Accepted, Mad Ass I may be, but I'm not a traitor.