Essay talk:Credo

Credo? Didn't Han Solo shoot him? --Kels 07:14, 31 July 2007 (CDT)

Oota Goota, Kels? ollïegrïnd 08:52, 31 July 2007 (CDT)

Han shot first! --Kels 12:07, 31 July 2007 (CDT)

Hey SusanG, I added the "essay" template to ID you as the author, and for all it's other niceties. Just so you know. human^{be in} 12:49, 31 July 2007 (CDT)

Mmm ... Thanks Keep^{off the grass}

Education

The reason for uneducated populations in most of history is rather less sinister than you seem to indicate. Education is expensive and unnecessary for peasant farmers, so the farmers remained uneducated.--MountainTiger 11:56, 31 July 2007 (CDT)

So that makes it OK for the rulers and theocrats to invent claptrap and keep them under?

The rulers have often been as much under the priestly thumb as the rest. (Henry VIII notwithstanding) There's nothing like the threat of eternal damnation to quiet down the rabble. Keep^{off the grass} 12:15, 31 July 2007 (CDT)

And of course, there's the ban on 'modern language' bible back then. Stop 'em larnin - stop em arguin. Keep^{off the grass} 12:43, 31 July 2007 (CDT)

My God... the reductionism... I can't breathe... ;-) --AKjeldsen^Godspeed! 09:25, 3 August 2007 (CDT)