Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 11, 2003 02:15 PM
Nice try at changing the subject. The parent poster didn't say that schools shouldn't influence the morals of children. He said that somebody wanting to use schools, intentionally, for the purpose of pushing children into a particular political direction shouldn't be talking about good morals.
Wanting to take advantage of children to obtain particular political goals, yeah, that is very, very sad.
Those childern using free software are not
being indoctrinated into the religion of sharing, they
are merely using a product which is the end result of
that co-operation. The moral benefit is that no-one prevents them from sharing. I see that as a
plus.
To use an (very) extreme example, suppose some brands of sports
balls required a "licence" for each player handling them.
A school should choose balls which are free for all
to play with, just so they are able to teach teamwork!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:v)
I agree with you that we should not shove our own
morality down other people (especially children's)
throats. But free software is only an example of
how adults share. It is an object lesson; it teaches
cooperation the exact same way that competitive sports teach
competition -- it allows children to experience the results.
Both are valuable.
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Re:simple: just don't
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 11, 2003 02:15 PMWanting to take advantage of children to obtain particular political goals, yeah, that is very, very sad.
Those childern using free software are not
being indoctrinated into the religion of sharing, they
are merely using a product which is the end result of
that co-operation. The moral benefit is that no-one
prevents them from sharing. I see that as a
plus.
To use an (very) extreme example, suppose some brands of sports
balls required a "licence" for each player handling them.
A school should choose balls which are free for all
to play with, just so they are able to teach teamwork!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:v)
I agree with you that we should not shove our own
morality down other people (especially children's)
throats. But free software is only an example of
how adults share. It is an object lesson; it teaches
cooperation the exact same way that competitive sports teach
competition -- it allows children to experience the results.
Both are valuable.
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