Comments on: “Can’t Be Right, Must Be Wrong” http://shoestringcentury.com/2009/10/18/cant-be-right-must-be-wrong/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:42:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Gv http://shoestringcentury.com/2009/10/18/cant-be-right-must-be-wrong/#comment-8 Gv Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:48:01 +0000 http://shoestringcentury.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-8 No, I don't subscribe to the NewAge/2012/paranormal world view. I was just doing my research when I watched an episode of <em>the Psyience Detectives</em>. Didn't kill me! I saw a few adults having a good-natured conversation about "big picture" issues that were important to them. Sure, they came to some strange conclusions about reality, but so does Madison Avenue and so does Washington. This is a country where we uphold individual rights in the face of the wisdom of the mob; thank God the American people can't simply cast a vote on whether the Heene kids should be taken from their "scumbag," "nutjob" parents. Should the Heene parents, in the end, keep their kids? Maybe not, but they deserve the benefit of the doubt. And it's not really my business. But as long as Richard Heene wanted to put himself out there as an example of good parenting, I have to say that what I see isn't <em>all</em> bad. Sometimes you have to expose a kid to a little danger in order to foster that scarce virtue: courage. No, I don’t subscribe to the NewAge/2012/paranormal world view. I was just doing my research when I watched an episode of the Psyience Detectives. Didn’t kill me! I saw a few adults having a good-natured conversation about “big picture” issues that were important to them. Sure, they came to some strange conclusions about reality, but so does Madison Avenue and so does Washington.

This is a country where we uphold individual rights in the face of the wisdom of the mob; thank God the American people can’t simply cast a vote on whether the Heene kids should be taken from their “scumbag,” “nutjob” parents. Should the Heene parents, in the end, keep their kids? Maybe not, but they deserve the benefit of the doubt. And it’s not really my business.

But as long as Richard Heene wanted to put himself out there as an example of good parenting, I have to say that what I see isn’t all bad. Sometimes you have to expose a kid to a little danger in order to foster that scarce virtue: courage.

]]> By: John Smith http://shoestringcentury.com/2009/10/18/cant-be-right-must-be-wrong/#comment-7 John Smith Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:05:56 +0000 http://shoestringcentury.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-7 You cite a Psyience Detectives episode, which begs the question: Are you a fan? That may explain why you're an apologist for the scumbag. You "conveniently" failed to mention that these two nutjobs were constantly pulling their children out of school (30 to 40 times per school year has been reported) so they can PUT THEM IN HARM'S WAY as mini "stormchasers." Funny that. You cite a Psyience Detectives episode, which begs the question: Are you a fan? That may explain why you’re an apologist for the scumbag.

You “conveniently” failed to mention that these two nutjobs were constantly pulling their children out of school (30 to 40 times per school year has been reported) so they can PUT THEM IN HARM’S WAY as mini “stormchasers.” Funny that.

]]> By: “That’s Why I’ve Got ‘#1′ on the Back of My Range” « Shoestring Century http://shoestringcentury.com/2009/10/18/cant-be-right-must-be-wrong/#comment-5 “That’s Why I’ve Got ‘#1′ on the Back of My Range” « Shoestring Century Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:12:08 +0000 http://shoestringcentury.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-5 [...]  Ironically, this point hit home for me while I was reading through comments on articles about Balloon Boy, which is not exactly an “issue of national importance.”  The flint strike came in the [...] [...]  Ironically, this point hit home for me while I was reading through comments on articles about Balloon Boy, which is not exactly an “issue of national importance.”  The flint strike came in the [...]

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