I'm so used to seeing fake obits on slashdot I have trouble taking this seriously. Crikey indeed.

How about Buck Rogers? That Erin Grey was HOT!

"WAKE UP, freedom should be all encompassing, you can't pick and choose which freedoms you want and those you don't want. In the end there will be no freedom at all." I think you said it all in that one sentence, nice to see that there are still people in this country who understand what freedom REALLY means! No matter what your beliefs are, there will always be someone who disagrees (and even finds those beliefs offensive), so if you want the freedom to keep your beliefs, then be tolerant of the beliefs of others.

I disagree that the NRA advocates murder. Criminals commit murder plain and simple. The NRA only advocates the U.S. constitutional right to own and use firearms. In addition, the NRA supports and runs training for citzens and police officers and promotes safe gun handling. I will say that some of the positions the NRA holds and lobby's for are extreme, but those position(s) are held against the radical position(s) that anti-gun lobbyists hold. I believe that anyone who has the belief that the NRA advocates murder has not educated themselves regarding what the NRA is and it's charter.

"Actually, if typical kids are anything like what _I_ remember in high school,. it will train kids on how to recognize surveillance & encourage their creativity on how secretly, cleverly & thoroughly they can destroy said surveillance devices."

TRUE, but that is what it would teach YOUR kids, I was talking about the kids of the person to whom I replied.

What kids take away from their environment and school depends a great deal on the attitudes of their parents. Very seldom do people (not just kids) come away from the same experience with the same lessons learnt, or the same attitudes. Learning is tempered and changed by many factors such as predisposition, social mores and values, strength (or weakness) of character, etc. In other words (from reading between the lines of your post): I would think your kids (if you have any) would have strong opinions, not be easily persuaded, and would "stick up" for themselves. The poster I replied to on the other hand, probably has kids that knuckle under at the slightest amount of pressure, would turn their friends in to save their own hide at the drop of a hat, and are probably afraid of their own shadow (perfect employees for McDonalds)