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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 14, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> Imagine for a moment that you removed the concept of "the Man". What  
> would
> happen to the gangs?

They would replace THE MAN as the authority in their area. They would  
become little mobs, ripping people off, demanding protection money,  
running every scam that had previously been attributed to the Mafia.

>  If there's nothing to be against, their influence
> disappears.

They are against having to work. They are for themselves. They are as  
animals, taking what they want, with no morals save their own codes.
> One of the characteristics of the unschooler's world is self- 
> validation.  How
> many times have we come across some schooled to the soul idiot who  
> asks the
> children where they go to school, and when it is determined that  
> that they are
> homeschooled (unschooling is a concept beyond them), said idiot will  
> say
> something like:
>
> "Oh, let me ask you then, if one car travels at 80 mph and another car
> travels at 55 mph the same distance but arrives 20 minutes later,  
> who far did they
> travel?"
>
> (The children stare at him.)
>
> "Ah, don't know, do you?"
>
> (To which I reply)
> "It's not that.  They think you are an idiot.  What kind of moron  
> asks such a
> thing uninvited?"
>
> A person who has not been indoctrianted from birth to constantly  
> seek outside
> approval and valiation is so foreign to the schooled that they can  
> in no wise
> deal with it.
>
> It's harder to undo that indoctrination once it's in place, but it  
> does
> happen.
>
> Remove that indoctrination from those project and barrio children,  
> and the
> need for gangs goes with it.   </HTML>

I cannot visualize it. To remove all indoctrination, starting right  
this moment, leaves a huge number of children at loose ends. The  
result would be chaos. The National Guard would be brought in to  
control as in a police state.