tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666124.post5711702545866902020..comments2023-10-23T10:05:25.643-04:00Comments on Rick Sincere News and Thoughts: Campus TragediesRick Sincerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02430047101172614629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666124.post-4912836733232353932008-02-16T10:14:00.000-05:002008-02-16T10:14:00.000-05:00This morning, a local radio talk show featured one...This morning, a local radio talk show featured one of those helicopter parents, but this guy has formed an association for other helicopter parents so that they can collectively insert themselves even further into their college student's lives.<BR/><BR/>This guy and his group are using the campus shooting issue to ask for more security funding. <BR/><BR/>Never mind that arguing from the specific to the general is illogical. Never mind that a few isolated shootings do not mean that everyone's civil liberties should be eliminated. Just the same, these hyper parents want to turn every campus into a locked down fortress where only the ideas that they like are permitted through the gates. <BR/><BR/>History teaches that the more open a campus and its surrounding society is, the more that environment will produce new and innovative ideas. We can't allow the hysteria based on a few isolated shootings to destroy what is perhaps the last competitive advantage that America has left.<BR/><BR/>Surely we should grieve over the loss of life at NIU, but we should keep a sense of proportionality in our responses to such events. For example, how many people were killed in our housing projects on that same day; on our highways; or under the knife of an abortionist?JTylerBallancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044778136262456927noreply@blogger.com