Topic: | 'A Balanced View' | |
Posted by: | Francis Rowe | |
Date/Time: | 13/05/14 08:57:00 |
Faced with the fruitcake views of Iftikhar Ahmed some people have posited the idea that children should be taught a 'balanced view' and that they don't belong to their parents but society in general. The 'balanced view' in this context is broadly speaking a liberal agnostic one. I'd certainly class myself as a liberal agnostic but I wouldn't describe my views as balanced. They are partial and passionately held as are those of everybody else who thinks with any depth about moral and ethical issues. One strong view I have is that it is a parent's responsibility to pass on their beliefs to their children. If we try to take that right away from people we disagree with we necessarily take it away from ourselves. Consequently this idea of a 'balanced view' is an extremely pernicious one that we should steer clear of. I recall Dan Murphy extolling the virtues of local private schools in a thread recently. It is quite a feat of intellectual gymnastics to hold the view that separation of children on the basis of their parents' income is to be lauded whilst separation of children on the basis of their parents belief is somehow wrong. There is always likely to be a tension between state and family. This remains a liberal and free country because the state generally recognises the primacy of parents in the upbringing of children. Part of that is a highly civilised education system which recognises a spectrum of belief and seeks to accommodate it. Education works best when the school system has the support of parents which it is more likely to do if they share the ethos of the school. A standardised school system with a state mandated 'balanced view' would be a disaster both from an educational and personal liberty point of view and should be avoided at all costs. |
Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 11:42:00 | Iftikhar Ahmad |
Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 14:07:00 | Janet Norman |
Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 14:39:00 | Oliver Gibb |
Re:Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 14:54:00 | Carl Wynne |
Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 14:42:00 | Andy Pease |
An Open Letter to Iftikar Ahmad | 11/05/14 15:12:00 | Richard Greenhough |
Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 17:01:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 17:12:00 | Andy Pease |
Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 17:35:00 | Pete Mayes |
Re:public HEALTH warning....! | 11/05/14 17:45:00 | Stuart Kerr |
Re:Re:public HEALTH warning....! | 11/05/14 18:44:00 | Carl Wynne |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 17:51:00 | Colin Jordan |
for background | 11/05/14 18:44:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 18:45:00 | Nikki Howard |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse | 11/05/14 18:50:00 | Anne England |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse or Muppet? | 11/05/14 18:57:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse or Muppet? | 12/05/14 11:05:00 | Sam Hearn Cllr |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse or Muppet? | 12/05/14 12:17:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse or Muppet? | 12/05/14 12:25:00 | Pete Mayes |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse or Muppet? | 12/05/14 12:39:00 | Richard Greenhough |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse or Muppet? | 12/05/14 14:30:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse or Muppet? | 12/05/14 14:48:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Has Iftikhar Ahmad been banned? | 12/05/14 16:35:00 | Nikki Howard |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Has Iftikhar Ahmad been banned? | 12/05/14 17:21:00 | Sam Hearn Cllr |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Has Iftikhar Ahmad been banned? | 12/05/14 17:55:00 | Richard Jennings |
'A Balanced View' | 13/05/14 08:57:00 | Francis Rowe |
Re:'A Balanced View' | 13/05/14 09:29:00 | Dan Murphy |
The good thing about evangelists | 13/05/14 10:30:00 | Alastair Banton |
Re:Re:'A Balanced View' | 13/05/14 14:08:00 | Francis Rowe |
Re:Re:Re:'A Balanced View' | 13/05/14 15:09:00 | John Hickman |
Re:Re:Re:Re:'A Balanced View' | 14/05/14 08:32:00 | Francis Rowe |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:'A Balanced View' | 14/05/14 08:44:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:'A Balanced View' | 14/05/14 13:19:00 | Anita Blake |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:'A Balanced View' | 14/05/14 13:52:00 | Dan Murphy |
Come off it Dan Murphy. | 14/05/14 14:10:00 | Felicity Caborn |
Re:Come off it Dan Murphy. | 14/05/14 14:38:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Come off it Dan Murphy. | 15/05/14 06:43:00 | Felicity Caborn |
Re:Re:Come off it Dan Murphy. | 13/06/14 20:14:00 | Richard Laux |
Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 09:19:00 | Richard Greenhough |
Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 10:10:00 | Colin Jordan |
Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 13:37:00 | Pete Mayes |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 13:54:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 14:28:00 | Will Watson |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 14:36:00 | Pete Mayes |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 15:06:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 15:29:00 | Will Watson |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 15:44:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 16:14:00 | Will Watson |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 16:56:00 | Greg Walker |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 17:01:00 | Huw Burford-Taylor |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 17:14:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 17:10:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 17:29:00 | Alan Clark |
we are not talking about Religous Schools | 14/05/14 17:51:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |
Alan Clarke | 14/05/14 22:54:00 | Oliver Gibb |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 17:48:00 | Will Watson |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 21:33:00 | John Hickman |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Classical Allusion ? | 14/05/14 22:46:00 | Oliver Gibb |
Christening? | 14/05/14 21:54:00 | Oliver Gibb |
Re:Christening? | 14/05/14 21:59:00 | John Hickman |
Re:Re:Christening? | 14/05/14 22:38:00 | Oliver Gibb |
Re:Re:Re:Christening? | 15/05/14 10:38:00 | John Hickman |
Daily mail??? | 15/05/14 15:03:00 | Oliver Gibb |
Re:Christening? | 15/05/14 05:36:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Christening? | 15/05/14 09:21:00 | Nick Mason |
Re:Re:Re:Christening? | 15/05/14 09:31:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Christening? | 15/05/14 10:18:00 | Nick Mason |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Christening? | 15/05/14 10:33:00 | Dan Murphy |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Christening? | 15/05/14 10:38:00 | Nick Mason |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:'A Balanced View' | 14/05/14 21:21:00 | John Hickman |
Oliver Gibb | 15/05/14 08:43:00 | Paul Corcoran |
Re:Oliver Gibb | 15/05/14 10:48:00 | John Hickman |
Re:Re:Indoctrination | 15/05/14 11:43:00 | Colin Jordan |
Re:Re:Re:Indoctrination | 15/05/14 12:14:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |
Re:Oliver Gibb | 15/05/14 12:40:00 | Oliver Gibb |
Re:Re:Oliver Gibb | 15/05/14 12:44:00 | Pete Mayes |
Re:Re:Re:Oliver Gibb | 15/05/14 17:35:00 | Colin Jordan |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Oliver Gibb | 15/05/14 17:44:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |
for Colin | 15/05/14 17:50:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |
Re:Re:Oliver Gibb | 15/05/14 22:15:00 | John Hickman |
Re:Re:Re:Oliver Gibb | 15/05/14 22:27:00 | Nikki Howard |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Oliver Gibb | 16/05/14 07:47:00 | Colin Jordan |
it worked Colin | 16/05/14 11:31:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |
Re:it worked Colin | 16/05/14 11:33:00 | Claudia Jachtmann |
Re:Re:Oliver Gibb | 16/05/14 08:11:00 | Paul Corcoran |
Re:Re:Re:Oliver Gibb | 16/05/14 13:56:00 | Colin Jordan |
Re:Trojan Horse | 07/06/14 19:38:00 | Janine Jarvis |
Re:Re:Trojan Horse | 07/06/14 21:37:00 | Julian Pavey |
Re:Re:Re:Trojan Horse | 07/06/14 21:49:00 | Andy Pease |
Re:Re:winding up the spammers | 07/06/14 23:38:00 | bobby osborne |
Re:Re:Re:winding up the spammers | 08/06/14 00:38:00 | Nikki Howard |
Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 08/06/14 12:41:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 08/06/14 17:30:00 | Alastair Banton |
see this link | 12/06/14 08:18:00 | Janine Jarvis |
Re:see this link | 12/06/14 09:46:00 | Andy Pease |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 09:47:00 | Richard Greenhough |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 10:24:00 | Vanessa Smith |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 10:29:00 | Alastair Banton |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 10:30:00 | Alastair Banton |
Possible double standards..? | 12/06/14 10:36:00 | Keith Iddon |
Possible double standards..? | 12/06/14 10:36:00 | Keith Iddon |
Re:Possible double standards..? | 12/06/14 14:06:00 | Alan Clark |
Re:Re:Possible double standards..? | 12/06/14 16:29:00 | Alastair Banton |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 12:37:00 | Claire Moran |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 16:34:00 | Michael Brown |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 16:40:00 | Michael Brown |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 18:21:00 | Richard Greenhough |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 18:25:00 | Michael Brown |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 18:36:00 | Francis Rowe |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 12/06/14 22:03:00 | Claire Moran |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 13/06/14 00:48:00 | Greg Walker |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 13/06/14 22:15:00 | Pete Mayes |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Someone missed a trick | 13/06/14 10:17:00 | Vanessa Smith |