Opinion: Best PUBLIC schools?

calicartel
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:57:30 +0000

Believe me: this isn’t the sort of health re-hashing-issues kind of debate. It was beaten to death like AA was long beaten to death on these forums. No new info. Just people challenging the same principles, people making the same arguments, etc. ad nauseum.

I’d rather think for myself, thank you :)
I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree on this topic. You feel it was both an overblown situation and unhealthy rehash while I (obviously) believe it was more on the “legitimate” end of the spectrum.



Example: a person deciding between Berkeley and UCLA, and the UCLA cheerleaders come along, bash Berkeley, and then the whole Code Pink thing is brought in. Debate ensues. Nobody learns anything. Person is not closer to choosing. Readers are dumber.

Well, perhaps you give readers less credit than I do. I found some of the posts, positions, arguments – especially some of the convoluted rationales by otherwise intelligent people behind the arguments – to be a source of amusement rather than misinformation that misleads the reader. Besides, if one can’t distinguish between a factual statement and good-natured jab/dig (much like the Californians vs. Texans banter)… well, I can’t help you out there.