BETTER PARENTING THROUGH STATEISM
I think most of us can think of parents we've heard of or seen that we figured probably weren't equipped or inclined properly to be parents. People too dim or foolish to carry out the incredibly difficult, critical task of raising children. People you wish wouldn't breed, like most celebrities or politicians.
In England, they decided to make this policy. According to the Daily Mail, Kerry Robertson and Mark McDougall were told that they would have their child taken away if they had one by social services, upon whom they were depending for food and shelter. Ms Robertson is 17 and has some learning difficulties. Mr McDougall is 25 and likes dumb, young girls. They fled to Ireland and had their child, but the British government still came and got the kid.
I... I have to admit I'm conflicted. I really wish there was some way to stop really stupid or lousy parents from having kids. If someone could work up a test you had to pass, for instance. There are really some people who should never have kids, such as Courtney Love or Charlie Sheen.
On the other hand, I don't trust the government to be able to make that choice or enforce it properly. After all, there have been idiotic and awful parents as long as humans have been on this earth, and we still seem to be making it. And really almost all parents are pretty terrible at first at least - nobody can really prepare you for the job, and its a pretty unusual parent that will even consider advice from people who've been there before, especially their own folks.
And think about it. The more dependent you become upon the government, the more power they have over you until this kind of thing seems reasonable and logical. After all, that money has to be handled carefully, and you can't let just anyone have kids if its a burden on all of us, right? But by all means, lets keep expanding the government and give them greater power over all aspects of our life. It feels so much safer and more caring to let them handle everything. Don't think. Just obey. And vote, for more power.
Oh, and here we have another alleged man who watched the government come and take his child away without even putting up the slightest amount of fight. Apparently the British lion has been castrated.
In England, they decided to make this policy. According to the Daily Mail, Kerry Robertson and Mark McDougall were told that they would have their child taken away if they had one by social services, upon whom they were depending for food and shelter. Ms Robertson is 17 and has some learning difficulties. Mr McDougall is 25 and likes dumb, young girls. They fled to Ireland and had their child, but the British government still came and got the kid.
I... I have to admit I'm conflicted. I really wish there was some way to stop really stupid or lousy parents from having kids. If someone could work up a test you had to pass, for instance. There are really some people who should never have kids, such as Courtney Love or Charlie Sheen.
On the other hand, I don't trust the government to be able to make that choice or enforce it properly. After all, there have been idiotic and awful parents as long as humans have been on this earth, and we still seem to be making it. And really almost all parents are pretty terrible at first at least - nobody can really prepare you for the job, and its a pretty unusual parent that will even consider advice from people who've been there before, especially their own folks.
And think about it. The more dependent you become upon the government, the more power they have over you until this kind of thing seems reasonable and logical. After all, that money has to be handled carefully, and you can't let just anyone have kids if its a burden on all of us, right? But by all means, lets keep expanding the government and give them greater power over all aspects of our life. It feels so much safer and more caring to let them handle everything. Don't think. Just obey. And vote, for more power.
Oh, and here we have another alleged man who watched the government come and take his child away without even putting up the slightest amount of fight. Apparently the British lion has been castrated.
posted by Christopher Taylor at 11:41 AM
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