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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:33:15 -0400, Susan Hogarth
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:53:24 -0400, Susan Hogarth
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Either he has parents
who make it for him,

And what if they decide that he must work an 80-hour week? Is he their
slave?

yes which is why people have through government decided this is
abusive and established rules for their protection.

So you do not believe the parents should have the final say in what the
child does, but instead that 'the people, through government' *should*?

On occasion yes.

What occasion? Who decides?

There are appalling parents out there who abuse their
kids daily. I don't wan't such misfits determining the kids welfare.

Yes - this is why children should never be considered the subjects of
one particular adult or *set of adults*.

Evidently you think picking the wrong parents is the kids fault and
he/she has to suffer with the consequences.

Evidently you haven't been reading carefully. I've said that a child is
not the subject of the parent, or any other adult or *set of adults*.
You have been the one maintining that government has the right to
determine how children must live, and what tasks they must perform. And
frankly, I don't care for 'such misfits determining the kids' welfare'.
What makes you think the government is inherently benevolent to children?

- Susan