re: #18 DaddyG

Trust the people.

Ummm…no. My decades on this planet have taught me that Homo sapiens is a mixed lot, and are all over the scale of Trustworthiness.

Be wary of the State.

Which, in the US, is the people of your first sentance.

Teach the children many viewpoints and teach them reasoning skills.

Umm… again, no. Yes, I do believe a person is better by being exposed to, and pondering, a wide variety of viewpoints during their lives. However, that does not imply it is a good idea to teach children false ideas.

It is the person who thinks they know better and wants all of the control that I fear the most.

Everyone desires control, and in a nation as big and diverse as ours no one gets “all” the control.