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   From: anton.usenet@gmail.com   
      
   James A. Donald kirjoitti:   
   > Anton:   
   >> In most societies the bulk of schooling and protection   
   >> against crime is provided as public service.   
      
   > In any location, any part of a city,  where people rely   
   > on police for protection, that place, that part of the   
   > city, is not safe.   
      
   My part of the city - and it is safe. But this is Finland. A society   
   more focused to prevent conditions that result in crime rather than only   
   deal with the symptoms.   
      
   > Who detects and bags people who shoplift in Walmart?  It   
   > is not the police.   
      
   Who do they call when a shoplifter gets caught? The Police. At least in   
   Finland they do.   
      
   > In any nation state where the vast majority of the   
   > schooling is directly provided by the state for certain   
   > years, the education system stinks for those years.   
      
   You should really investigate matter *outside* the US before making any   
   conclusions. In many European countries education is ranked best in the   
   world - and the bulk of it is provided by society.   
      
   --   
   Anton   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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