tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post1775692742870136034..comments2024-03-20T00:30:11.702-07:00Comments on Home Education Heretic: An enduring myth among home educatorsSimon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-32630609380086992202012-01-10T03:23:10.751-08:002012-01-10T03:23:10.751-08:00'So if someone believes it's morally wrong...'So if someone believes it's morally wrong to force someone to learn to read against their will....'<br />Here we go again with that perennial and pernicious HE battle to take the moral high ground.<br />Classic TCS/MF-W bull5hit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-13779033571309100002011-08-20T16:54:05.999-07:002011-08-20T16:54:05.999-07:00"Ideology alone is not sufficiently good reas..."Ideology alone is not sufficiently good reason for holding back on the teaching of reading."<br /><br />So if someone believes it's morally wrong to force someone to learn to read against their will, they should ignore their moral code, 'for the good of the child'? You *know* that they are wrong about this? Do you have evidence? What about the research into intrinsic v. extrinsic motivation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-31783648847906975302011-08-17T02:45:08.036-07:002011-08-17T02:45:08.036-07:00No, never tried meditation, though I think you mig...No, never tried meditation, though I think you might benefit from omphaloskepsis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-47984199370838719942011-08-16T23:21:39.628-07:002011-08-16T23:21:39.628-07:00Omphaloskepsis.Omphaloskepsis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-63143232010976154612011-08-15T15:54:56.162-07:002011-08-15T15:54:56.162-07:00Do you even know what you are talking about now, b...Do you even know what you are talking about now, because I haven't got a clue. If you don't care about my adolescent interests, why comment on them and suggest I have a gun fixation? What interest do you think I haven't grown out of?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-57300747232033906062011-08-15T08:18:56.687-07:002011-08-15T08:18:56.687-07:00I really couldn't care less about your adolesc...I really couldn't care less about your adolescent interests, it is obvious that you haven't yet grown out of some of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-83212745940512489382011-08-15T04:24:29.469-07:002011-08-15T04:24:29.469-07:00"You obviously have a fixation with guns.&quo..."You obviously have a fixation with guns."<br /><br />LOL, you are so strange. Firing a shotgun a couple of times aged 20 and playing with an air rifle for a summer as a 13 year old does not equate to a fixation with guns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-72407615486103191292011-08-15T04:23:01.701-07:002011-08-15T04:23:01.701-07:00"You defend a hypocrite with a political agen..."You defend a hypocrite with a political agenda that doesn't take children seriously but would seek to reform politics so as children are put at risk."<br /><br />Agreeing with someone about non-coercion of children does not mean that I agree with their political views. Do you coerce your children *because* you disagree with Sarah's political views? Or, if you are non-coercive, does this mean that *you* agree with the political views of everyone else who is non-coercive? Your arguments so far seem to suggest that one of these possibilities must be true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-91966124250903341192011-08-15T04:20:50.944-07:002011-08-15T04:20:50.944-07:00Still, a gun fixation amongst homeschoolers in the...Still, a gun fixation amongst homeschoolers in the US is fairly common too. That's something that usually goes hand in hand with racial intolerance and delusional obssessions with the more extreme conspiracy theories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-46821485487746002302011-08-15T04:15:59.718-07:002011-08-15T04:15:59.718-07:00You obviously have a fixation with guns. It's ...You obviously have a fixation with guns. It's such a shame that so many teenagers in deprived areas of inner cities within the UK have similar fixations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-40035800417259312992011-08-15T04:09:16.987-07:002011-08-15T04:09:16.987-07:00Discussions on TCS forums led to great improvement...Discussions on TCS forums led to great improvements within our family. We began working together as a team to solve problems to the benefit of all involved instead of the previous us v. them approach. It was clear from discussions (and the link I gave above) that adult/child sexual relationships could never be non-coercive because of the various power imbalances involved and would be anathema to TCS parenting.<br /><br />If you want to associate TCS with the views above because some people who took part in TCS discussions may possibly have held similar or related views (without mentioned during the discussions) then that's up to you. But can you really claim that you have never discussed issues and agreed on particular points with people who hold other views you disagree with?<br /><br />Some people who took part in TCS discussions were left wing libertarians, others were right wing libertarians, others were non-political and some disagreed with TCS and non-coercion. Discussing issues and agreeing on some points does not mean you agree with everything else the other person believes. If you only discuss issues with those you agree 100% on all issues with, they must be very boring discussions! <br /><br />Do you really think that all libertarians are paedophiles? I can assure you that I am not, so I've already disproved that theory to my own satisfaction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-90178569583744074532011-08-15T04:06:52.454-07:002011-08-15T04:06:52.454-07:00No. It's gone again. Blogger obviously disagre...No. It's gone again. Blogger obviously disagrees with me too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-54282645324267216302011-08-15T04:05:54.075-07:002011-08-15T04:05:54.075-07:00My main reply keeps disappearing but I'll try ...My main reply keeps disappearing but I'll try again, but I don't deny that I will dislike and disagree with the views held by people that I might agree with on other points. Do you have to agree with all the views a person holds before you will agree with anything they say? You must hold very few views if that is the case. I'll try again to post my original comment below.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-47751697628470873832011-08-15T03:54:06.246-07:002011-08-15T03:54:06.246-07:00Even more deeply entrenched ignorance and barely d...Even more deeply entrenched ignorance and barely disguised denialism.<br />You defend a hypocrite with a political agenda that doesn't take children seriously but would seek to reform politics so as children are put at risk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-81956295439623697622011-08-15T03:21:34.939-07:002011-08-15T03:21:34.939-07:00I have fired a shotgun (at clay pigeons) and spent...I have fired a shotgun (at clay pigeons) and spent hours firing air rifles at targets in the garden. I also rescue spiders and insects at every opportunity and avoid hurting any person or animal. What is you point about Sarah FC spending time on a shooting range? Do you think she threatens her children with a gun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-5211932917343450572011-08-15T03:18:31.397-07:002011-08-15T03:18:31.397-07:00You have been discussing TCS with me. Does this me...You have been discussing TCS with me. Does this mean that you therefore hold the same views as me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-35621814073148023682011-08-15T01:58:34.389-07:002011-08-15T01:58:34.389-07:00Taking Children Seriously......Taking Children Seriously......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-7592024811438582882011-08-15T01:57:36.537-07:002011-08-15T01:57:36.537-07:00The other websites that Sarah Fitz Claridge freque...The other websites that Sarah Fitz Claridge frequents are little more than a manifesto for the Libertarian Party/Alliance.<br />I find their statement in Latin particularly interesting...<br />'Si vis pacem, para bellum'<br />(If you want peace prepare for war)<br />Then if you look hard enough on the internet there's a very good picture of Sarah Fitz Claridge on a shooting range, Smith and Wesson in hand in a very convincing firing stance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-56401987114063089662011-08-15T01:41:28.502-07:002011-08-15T01:41:28.502-07:00How about the politics of Rote Freiheit and The Ps...How about the politics of Rote Freiheit and The Psychology Institute in Berlin during the 1960s?<br />They had a strange and disturbing obssession with Libertarianism and child sexuality. <br />Never heard of 'Die Revoloution Der Erziehung' or the article from Kursbuch about Commune 2?<br />Those examples have far too many striking and disturbing paralells with TCS articles written by Sarah Fitz Claridge.<br />There's a very dark history of self deception of supposedly 'enlightened' parents. History shows us examples of this 'enlightenment' being led by upper middle class academics, journalists and University employees.<br />So, I suppose you've never heard of the Indian Commune in Nuremburg, they were a 'green' collective that were involved in the Alternative Living Project...They too held nefarious beliefs that included that the Age of Consent be reformed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-79887612852064676602011-08-15T00:26:19.135-07:002011-08-15T00:26:19.135-07:00You've heard of Harriet Harman MP and her husb...You've heard of Harriet Harman MP and her husband Jack Dromey?<br />The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP?<br />Paedophile Action for Liberation?<br />National Council for Civil Liberties?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-51872638090553321522011-08-14T23:46:23.236-07:002011-08-14T23:46:23.236-07:00It goes much much deeper than PIE?It goes much much deeper than PIE?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-55880924409944988352011-08-14T23:45:37.725-07:002011-08-14T23:45:37.725-07:00'No idea who PIE are but presumably they are b...'No idea who PIE are but presumably they are bad people.'<br />There's no excuse for your deeply entrenched ignorance and denialist attitude.<br /><br />Who was PIE?<br />Paedophile information ExchangeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-16552780037897043982011-08-13T01:35:51.229-07:002011-08-13T01:35:51.229-07:00No idea who PIE are but presumably they are' b...No idea who PIE are but presumably they are' bad' people and your theory runs along the lines of, 'if two groups discuss the same idea they must be as bad as each other and do the same bad things'. How simplistic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-67945307273985218872011-08-13T01:08:30.549-07:002011-08-13T01:08:30.549-07:00PIE was also a type of discussion forum that discu...PIE was also a type of discussion forum that discussed the abolition of the age of consent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-18636533623080656792011-08-12T05:51:30.777-07:002011-08-12T05:51:30.777-07:00"It is wrong when you consider that Sarah Fit..."It is wrong when you consider that Sarah Fitz Claridge also proposed abolishing age of consent laws."<br /><br />And even if Sarah FC did propose the abolition of the age of consent laws tomorrow, why would this mean that everything else she says is automatically worthless, let alone anything that an individual might have taken from TCS.<br /><br />TCS did not involve a set of rules laid down by leaders. It was a discussion forum for equals to discuss and develop their own theories about the pros and cons of raising children non-coercively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com