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Children and violence
Why can't violence against children be condoned? People seem to act as if such acts are absolutely immoral.
Children are deserving of fewer rights than adults. They're mental capabilties are lesser and naturally are subject to the instructions of their parents. Why should anyone consider someone who lacks the experience to rationalise fully an equal? If anything the notion of 'rights' for children is a recent occurance. Didn't they send children up chimneys in Victorian Britain? Were houseowners wrong to do it? Even today you have child soldiers in the world. So it seems it's only the 'enlightened' West that feels children should have rights. |
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Children having fewer rights than adults is NO non-sequitur.
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So what, kill all the children because they're a bunch of worthless dumb-shits? 1. 40 year old people have gone on murderous rampages just for the hell of it. 2. Many children are more intelligent than adults, and a great majority of children are now more computer savvy than your average 50 year old. 3. You were a child, so shut up. Your rights are the rights of children. 4. Children are not as devloped yet, so it is entirely unfair to judge them until they are. 5. Without children, the world is dead. |
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it's not a question of children having rights, it's a question of recognizing what you posted in the original post - that "their mental capabilities are lesser". responsibility should be comensurate with the ability to make choices, since they aren't in a position to make as many choices, they should be subject to fewer punishments. apart from that, kids subject to violence are at much higher risk of growing into adults who are, shall we say, less than complete members of society. and that's bad for all of us. so be nice to kids not for their sakes, but for your own selfish desire to live in a better world. |
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I am honestly sick of the the amoral (not immoral), self-centered, anti-religious, anti-family, anti-children, and anti-humanity materialist philosophy. I find the idea that "children should not have rights" becuase "they haven't been here long enough" to be dehumanizing, demeaning, and just plain sick. Quote:
_____________________________________ Slightly OT: Please don't call children "kids". Kids are young goats, children are human beings. Dayton |
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