Re: [PLUG] Microsoft Run High School?

[Bob Schwier <schwepes@netaxs.com>]

The law exists because of real plagues like small pox.  You do have to
make distinctions between nuisence diseases and plagues that kill and
cripple like small pox or polio.  Unfortunately the bureaucratic fascists
cannot.  The other problem is that the threat of disease creates, in this
modern climate, the threat of being sued by parents of kids who get ill
in your school.  The vaccinations become suit protection.
bs


On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Adam Turoff wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 02:29:02PM -0400, Paul wrote:
> > In my mind this could loosely parallel schools enforcing vaccinations.  
> 
> There is no comparison between vaccinations (a public health measure) and
> software licensing.  Although you may see a connection, there isn't one.
> 
> > In NJ [for the good of all?] there is a new requirement for kids to get 
> > the Chicken Pox vaccination.  I disagree with this requirement and 
> > believe that it might backfire on my kid's health now or far into the 
> > future.  The choice has been taken from us.  The schools will force us 
> > to comply by not allowing the kid to attend school, than evetually they 
> > would take us to court.  
> 
> You don't have to send your children to a public school.
> 
> You don't have to send your children to a Microsoft-partner school,
> either.
> 
> Z.
> 
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