Some people think

Some people think it's OK to judge a book by its cover
But I don't
Some people think they know best about something they know nothing about
But I don't
Some people think they are experts on other people's children
But I don't
Some people think it's right to imprison a mother because her child is too frightened to go to school
But I don't
Some people think it's their responsibility to come into my house whenever they like to judge my furnishings, my housekeeping skills (or lack of them), my dog and my children
But I don't
Some people think it's their duty to punish poor people for being poor
But I don't
Some people think it's no problem that children are left in prison all their days without their mums and dads and grannies and granddads and people who love them
But I don't
Some people think that if a nursery worker has a CRB check that must be good and she won't hurt their children
But I don't
Some people think that it's clever practice for Mr. Jones to write a report that recommends his business so he'll get lots of people's money for being so sharp
But I don't
Some people think that the victim is always to blame because the victim started it
But I don't
Some people think that Members of Parliament always listen to, and help, their constituents
But I don't
Some people think that ID cards are great because they'll stop terrorism and stuff, despite evidence to the contrary
But I don't
Some people think you have to torture people to get the truth out of them
But I don't
Some people think that it's reasonable to point to a really bad system and say "Our system is fine because we're not as bad as THEM"
But I don't
Some people think they should spy on everyone because people they're spying on 'might commit a crime'
But I don't
Some people think it's expedient and positive to collect everyone's data because the authorities never make mistakes and they are always to be trusted
But I don't
Some people think children should be weighed, measured and monitored because they won't 'progress' without those interventions
But I don't
Some people think they don't mind if the authorities harvest their DNA because the authorities must know what they're doing and it'll help catch criminals
But I don't
Some people think that authorities can always be trusted to do their best for the people who pay them and they are blessed with exceptional talents of discernment and are eternally free of prejudice
But I don't
Some people think local authority representatives are adequately trained in everything they should know and that they are infallible
But I don't
Some people think it's cool to bully other people
But I don't
Some people think that children belong to the state
But I don't
Some people think children learn best at school
But I don't
Some people think they need a teacher to show them how to walk and talk properly
But I don't
Some people think it's reasonable for a teacher to shout at a child when he hasn't done his homework because his grandma was ill
But I don't
Some people think it'll do a child good to be taken to school even after his dad died in the night
But I don't
Some people think their jobs are vitally important so they have their mobiles switched off in business meetings and schools can't reach them
But I don't
Some people think that the accused is guilty until proven innocent
But I don't
Some people think it's progress to take away other people's rights
But I don't
Some people think it'll get them what they want if they persecute minorities
But I don't
Some people think it's their God-given duty to oppress other folks because the first people happen to have money and power
But I don't
Some people think they shouldn't leave things alone because when it ain't broke you should mess with it
But I don't
Some people think it'll do no harm for journalists to lie with statistics and just lie generally
But I don't

Some people believe that I'll go along with them when they treat me like a pariah, a child abuser, a sub-human, untrustworthy, lying, cheating piece of filth. They think I'll go along with them because I'm bound to be guilty of something or because they don't like my face, my politics, my belief in my children's rights to be free to educate themselves, and my duty to educate my children the way they want to be educated. They think I'll go along with them because I don't value my children's freedom generally, my freedom generally and the freedom of all people to do what they want within reason without totalitarian officers of a crazy machine-led, performance management-mad Matrix government seeking them out to squash them

But I won't