The nursery rhyme that opines that boys are made from snails and puppy dogstails and girls from sugar and spice is cute. However it is nonsensical because itspremise is not based on reality. I was reminded of this nursery rhyme whilereading “Human nature is a balancing act,” a column by Rich Elfers (Courier-Herald, Nov. 4).

His column is also nonsensical. However, it is not cute. It is alarming. Like thenursery rhyme, his premise is not based on reality. His position that he andDemocrats can perfect humanity is fallacious, self-serving and arrogant.

He touts the excellence and success of the Google management philosophy, thenrambles and subtly congratulates himself for having taught high school for 40years with the same philosophical style. He offers a two-part unsubstantiatedtheorem. Republicans, being conservative, view human nature negatively and thatdiscipline, order and respect are only accomplished through punishment.Democrats, liberals or secular progressives, hope in the perfectibility of humanbeings through education to train, discipline and perfect the human mind to higherlevels of proper behavior. Remember, he says he took advantage of this inanepremise for 40 years while teaching our children.

Certainly he does not know or understand the conservative position. Does he reallythink that he and other Democrats have the key to perfecting humanity? It ishighly presumptive and arrogant to think that you know how to and can in factperfect your fellow man. Hubris is too mild a description of this attitude. Thisdisturbing attitude is, however, the Democrat, liberal, elitist mindset.

I consider myself a conservative and identify as Republican. My personal belief isthat God has the key to training and loving discipline for each of us and throughJesus, perfection of the human condition.

Lynn Kern

Bonney Lake