From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Jan 15 2003 - 16:04:31 MST
Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> Lee wrote:
>
>
>>Why is the government automatically better equipped
>>to decide what is good for the child than its parents
>>are? A perfect case where the government should
>>mind it's own business, if you ask me.
>>
>
> ### Anybody who, e.g., doesn't want to cut the child's liver out for sale to
> organ traders is likely to be better equipped to decide what is good for the
> child. You know that allowing absolute control (=ownership fee simple) over
> children by their parents would in an unacceptably large number of cases
> lead to such unfavorable (for the child) outcomes.
>
So, are you attempting to abstract from a rare pathological type
of parent to the role of government as compared to parents
generally? Surely this is a very poor argument. What is this
assumed "unacceptably large number of cases" where a parent
would "e.g., want to cut the child's liver out for sale"?
- samantha
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