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In article <53jbg1$e1m@news2.cais.com>, joe311@comnet.org (Joe) says:
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>Trish <Trish@speedy.ehs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
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>>>A line must be drawn somewhere; most people would agree the
>>>above examples represent such a place. However, what if I raise my
>>>kids to be snake handlers? Or worship Satan? It's a slippery slope.
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>>  Indeed it is.  If you were to choose the above for them, 
>>then so be it.  My point is, while I may not find it 
>>personally to be a good choice, or rather a choice I would 
>>have made, it's not my place or anyone elses to tell you it's 
>>wrong for you and your's.
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>That sounds good, but it's not exactly true.  Why isn't it anyone
>else's place to tell someone how to raise "their" kid?   Poorly-raised
>children eventually turn into maladjusted adults who cost our society
>untold billions in dollars and suffering.     Most of the carnage in
>our nation's cities is caused by people under the age of 18.
>It really does take a whole village to raise a child.  Because it only
>takes one child to destroy a whole village.
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The thing is, who do you personally consider should be given the right
to draw that line?  Even the best psychologists have problem kids.
One person's line is markedly different than the other.  Don't you
feel the line should be drawn by what the majority believes is right,
rather than by a few human rights groups who tend to dictate to the
rest of us, or by a few politicians who think they're Gods? -- Alleycat