This xkcd toon should be posted on facebook pages throughout the land...

[Richardo]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Exactly right.

[Oldtimeralso]

2. That Hits the Nail Right on the Head! n/t

[WinstonSmith4740]

3. OK, I'm a Luddite.

"Liking" this doesn't put it on my page...how do I do that?

[90-percent]

8. putting this on your FACEBOOK page, you mean?

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this is the "image source" for the pic, by right clicking in firefox.

ht tp://imgs.xkcd.com/co mics/free_speech.png

on FB, click in the box on your page, "whats on your mind" and paste in the url and spiff it up with your comments.

As I do a lot of FB, I can say this graphic is REALLY MAKING THE ROUNDS ON FB TODAY!

-JIM

edit - added spaces to the url so it can be seen as a url string instead of a repeat of the comic graphic (my bad)

[Richardo]

9. yes!

Thanks for that news Jim

[dickthegrouch]

4. It "should" be common knowledge

If civics classes were any good at all.

[90-percent]

5. Civics classes?

Oh how 1950's quaint.

I think most American School Systems are following the orders of our Oligarch's to insure we are UTTERLY IGNORANT OF HOW OUR GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK and what our obligations as citizens are. I think civics or the equivalent, is only found in select pockets her and there and is no longer a part of most standard public school curriculum. I COULD BE WRONG.

As Carlin once said, they don't want smart informed voters. They just want people smart enough to run the machines and dumb enough not to know they are being screwed by a system that threw them overboard thirty ears ago.

-90% Jimmy

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. They were still teaching Union history in the 70s.

[skepticscott]

10. I've always thought that

people would be far better served by a class in economics, even at the high school level, than by vapid descriptions of How a Bill Becomes a Law that have no resemblance to reality.

[jtuck004]

13. Opting for reality, they could just buy the grade they want. That's civics. n/t

[erronis]

11. +1 - The new CORE classes are called "Being a good prole"

[annabanana]

15. Boy Howdy No Kidding!

The only "freedoms" we learn in school is our freedom to choose coke or pepsi.. paper or plastic...

Responsibilities aren't covered at all.

[russspeakeasy]

6. Perfect !!!! Thanks for posting this.

[JohnnyRingo]

12. K&R

...Just because

[Nanjing to Seoul]

14. On my facebook now.

[Sherman A1]

16. K&R

Bravo!