More "Big Brother" plans by Govt

[MotoGirl]

Cool, so when Cajun and I have kids we won't need to do anything with them because the government is going to do all the parenting for us. Thanks Helen!

[MotoGirl]

They carry out pregnancy checks for various things, which is acceptable, so what is wrong with dealing with problem kids

I wonder when there will be a pregnancy test to detect problem kids? "Oooh, we've got a potential criminal here, terminate it!"

[Grahameeboy]

I heard it said recently that the conditions in Germany today are not dissimilar to what they where just before Hitler came to power. Hitler and what we can learn from the Nazi regime is as relevant now as it ever was.

So it was better before Hitler so must be better now??

I don't think the Nazi Regime can teach us anything.....it is bad history....

[swbarnett]

So it was better before Hitler so must be better now??

I don't think the Nazi Regime can teach us anything.....it is bad history....

There is no such thing as "bad history". Throw a dart at a time line and there'll be something to learn from where it lands.

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana

[Grahameeboy]

There is no such thing as "bad history". Throw a dart at a time line and there'll be something to learn from where it lands.

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana

So Hitler was good history....I see now.........what was I thinking.

"The only thing we can learn from history is that we should ignore it and embarce new ideas to ensure that the future is not doomed" - Grahameeboy

[swbarnett]

So Hitler was good history....I see now.........what was I thinking.

"The only thing we can learn from history is that we should ignore it and embarce new ideas to ensure that the future is not doomed" - Grahameeboy

But without a view to history all ideas are new.

There are two ways to learn - from our own experience or from that of others.

If something has been tried before it's extremely beneficial to look back and learn from that experience - no matter how long ago it was tried.

With specific reference to the rise of the Nazi regime we can look back and examine the warning signs so that we can make sure it never happens again.

[Grahameeboy]

But without a view to history all ideas are new.

There are two ways to learn - from our own experience or from that of others.

If something has been tried before it's extremely beneficial to look back and learn from that experience - no matter how long ago it was tried.

With specific reference to the rise of the Nazi regime we can look back and examine the warning signs so that we can make sure it never happens again.

Well I guess Hitler is the only historical person we can learn from then.................it's a small world

[Dave Lobster]

I wonder when there will be a pregnancy test to detect problem kids? "Oooh, we've got a potential criminal here, terminate it!"

There's an easy test for that. A five second look at the parents will give you a fair idea. Assuming there's two of them...

[swbarnett]

Well I guess Hitler is the only historical person we can learn from then.................it's a small world

Some history we want to repeat, some we don't. I suppose you could categorise history as good or bad in this way. I prefer to look at all history as a potential lesson, one way or another.

[Grahameeboy]

Some history we want to repeat, some we don't. I suppose you could categorise history as good or bad in this way. I prefer to look at all history as a potential lesson, one way or another.

Never look back I say........

[Ixion]

Understandable, in your case. I wouldn't want to see it coming either.

[avgas]

He is surely the most famous of all when it comes to social engineering......

Hmmmm
Mao, Stalin, Queen Victoria, Caesar..... i think it was a case of been there and done that by a few before he came around.
Admittedly without him, Germany would be nothing today. And the US would be the biggest cocks in the world.

[Ixion]

Peter the Great was arguably the most enthusiatic social engineer.

[Disco Dan]

I have said it before and I will say it again...

if parents had to "apply" for permission to have children in the first place with un-planned preggies being made an offence.

Parents are then interviewed and screened - to make sure they are mentally stable and financially able to support a child.

...but there goes your human rights!!!!!

I reckon it will happen eventually, what with overpoopulation etc

[avgas]

Peter the Great was arguably the most enthusiatic social engineer.

Thank god for google, i thought you were talking about that kid from the C.S.Lewis books.