From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Sat May 04 2002 - 11:05:20 MDT
Samantha writes
>> But questions concerning children or animals are tougher yet:
>> just what do reasonable people actually do when seeing some
>> parent beating a child in public? You definitely have to "be
>> there" before you even have the first clue. For societies to
>> attempt to write laws about that, it's true, does keep a lot
>> of dangerous bureaucrats sidelined who would otherwise do far
>> greater damage when directing their omnivorous gaze at economic
>> issues, say, but cannot otherwise said to be accomplishing any
>> good.
>
> What? My father was extremely physically and emotionally
> abusive. Are you telling me that laws against treating children
> that way are unjustified and accomplish nothing?
I don't think that they accomplish anything that is
good in the long run. I disagree, as I've said, that
there should be such laws. For more details, read my
previous posts, but basically (i) abuse is too hard to
define and too hard to stop (ii) families form a
cohesive unit that to a great degree makes it possible
for everyone else to butt out, especially the authorities.
Lee
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