Do you dream of peace?

I've got a daughter in grade 1. Cute as a button and pretty darn smart (I fear the comparison may be self relative). Swinging on the right side of the political / philosophical spectrum, I am well aware of the left wing bias in our school system. Although I haven't seen much (except for my post "It's all about the children"), I have a friend with a daughter in grade 5.



My friend went to his daughter's school concert recently and was wee bit annoyed with the content. They sang a song where the chorus was "Do you dream of peace"? The chorus was repeated ad nauseam. The message was loud and clear and I don't want my daughter learning it. War is always wrong, never justified and we should resolve our conflicts by dialogue.



As I watched the movie Saving Private Ryan I was thinking what would happen to the teacher who produced this concert in 1942. The parents would have shouted "we dream of victory" and beat the daylights out of the teacher. I would ask the current teacher do you dream of peace or do you want to be left in peace. Peace can come instantly through surrender.



Will my daughter be taught that nothing in life is worth dying for? If so, when did this begin? As Reagan said in his 1964 speech, "should Christ have refused the cross, did the fallen allies in WW2 die in vain, should slaves accept slave masters.



I will teach my daughter that the concept of peace at any price is wrong. The world has a history of war and we have and will have enemies. If we can avoid war great; but there are some lines the enemy can't cross.

Right on