Yes, I thought so.

You said, “This world is made up of two types of person: those who constantly divide the population into two groups, and those who do not.”

By making that statement, you’ve put yourself into the first group. It’s neat. It reminds me of Russell’s paradox: Does the set of sets which don’t include themselves include itself?

Quite agree though: if she’s allowed at the school, she’s got to be allowed on the bus.

The Telgraph has a longer article on the same story. Looking in the comments at Dr Crippen’s place, there is some discussion over the fact that the girl ‘chose’ to go to the school in question, when she could have gone to a closer state school. That may be, but the school also ‘chose’ to take her on as a pupil. once she’s in their system, she should be afforded the same rights and priviledges as her fellow pupils. I think the issue would be more straight-forward if the school had just completely denied admission on the basis of faith. Then its a question of whether the government bothers to fund them at all.

There is also a council element who are actualy making the decisions here: “In a statement the council said yesterday: “We think it quite reasonable when offering transport to faith schools that parents show that the child is of that faith.” And yet it is also reasonable to allow children who are not of that faith into the school in the first place? Everyone is confused.