http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/what-she-said-2/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/what-she-said-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10074 Peter Shoemaker Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:38:57 +0000 http://erinoconnor.org/?p=1943#comment-10074 There's a semantic slippage here: community service and volunteerism *sound* like the same thing, but are they? It would seem like an oxymoron to require anyone to "volunteer." But when we ask convicts to do "community service," I don't think anyone pretends it is voluntary. So we can certainly debate whether this proposal is reasonable, but it's not ridiculous. There’s a semantic slippage here: community service and volunteerism *sound* like the same thing, but are they? It would seem like an oxymoron to require anyone to “volunteer.” But when we ask convicts to do “community service,” I don’t think anyone pretends it is voluntary. So we can certainly debate whether this proposal is reasonable, but it’s not ridiculous.

]]> http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/what-she-said-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10053 david foster Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:11:15 +0000 http://erinoconnor.org/?p=1943#comment-10053 Mandated "volunteering" also interferes with downtime for the kid to develop & pursue his own interests, which surely is an important aspect of developing creativity. See <a href="http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/07/teaching-creativity/#comments" rel="nofollow">this thread</a>, and especially the comment by Cranberry. Mandated “volunteering” also interferes with downtime for the kid to develop & pursue his own interests, which surely is an important aspect of developing creativity. See this thread, and especially the comment by Cranberry.

]]> http://erinoconnor.org/2010/07/what-she-said-2/comment-page-1/#comment-10048 david foster Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:57:04 +0000 http://erinoconnor.org/?p=1943#comment-10048 At least during the Civil War, the field commanders faced the risk of *themselves* being sacrificed. (Mortality rates of generals, on both sides, were very high in that conflict.) Today, the people who are most vocal in demanding sacrifice are in fact often net beneficiaries of sacrifice by *others*. See my post <a href="http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/11069.html" rel="nofollow">paying higher taxes can be very profitable</a>. At least during the Civil War, the field commanders faced the risk of *themselves* being sacrificed. (Mortality rates of generals, on both sides, were very high in that conflict.) Today, the people who are most vocal in demanding sacrifice are in fact often net beneficiaries of sacrifice by *others*. See my post paying higher taxes can be very profitable.

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