Quite truthy, but that overlooks an increasing population that exceeded agricultural demand and the fact that the peasants doing the work were now in the same boat as the factory workers; they were disposable labor. Of course, you can lay some of the blame for that on social change, but much of the social change on the farm was driven by the changes in town and the financial impacts that had for the feudal model.

Bear in mind, they were characteristically also evicted from their homes by the lord, who still owned their homes.

Not exactly. Their jobs on the land evaporated, leaving them the choice of starving or trying to find work in town. Unless you want to argue death by starvation is a viable choice.

A serf in the Middle Ages was usually reasonably well cared for by his lord. For instance, many, if not most, had access to free medical care, such as it was, as the lord didn't want to lose his property. With the dawn of the Industrial Age, that all went away as the factory owner had no investment in his workers and they were easily replaceable. The life of those workers was, generally, much worse than their predecessor serfs.

Today, H1-B visas are about the same phenomenon. Make workers a disposable commodity and the riches you accrue will be without limit. But all of this overlooks the ascent of robotics, which truly will replace human workers. It will be less effective to throw you shoe in the works when the works just throw it back at you.

Of course, Monty Python revealed to us that sperm in general is sacred: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk

Sex with relatives, at that.

Are you sure you aren't mything the point?

Yes, let's all worship angiosperms.

Be aware, however, that side effects of this action can include headaches, nausea, starvation, failure to evolve and a nasty rash of nonexistence.

Just use your T.A.R.D.I.S. trowel.

Exactly, and it is developing the ability to discern truth, or, in other words, reality, that is most neglected in much of our children's nurturing. Coming from such as religious or political interests, many in our society have been inculcated with the perception that belief trumps reality, (except, of course, for those living in it). From suicide bombers to government-shutdown advocates in Congress, the costs stemming from this cannot be overstated.

Young, developing minds have difficulty separating reality from fantasy. In many ways society encourages this, whether with Santa Claus or "happily ever after". This disconnect is used to comfort and motivate the developing child. The cost comes later in life, when many still have trouble discerning between attractive falsehoods, ("global warming has no anthropogenic causes"), and hard, cold fact.

Many here have proposed teaching logic before coding, and that is reasonable, but as a first step, perception must be groomed to discern between that which we want to believe and that which actually is. Without that, logic has no basis in fact and is as useless as a no-op code.