Wiggy has posted a thoughtful piece by @TooManyBlueys explaining the effect of process by which foster parents must discipline those in their care.
Essentially, they can't. Even minor stuff has to go via the Courts, the result of which is usually that the child is removed and placed somewhere else, such as a Young Offenders Institution or a prison. Whether this is due to the child's human rights or what, I do not know, but it is clearly insane. It interrupts any good work that might be being done with the child, and (arguably) infringes those very human rights by inflicting a disproportionate punishment.
So that's one to add to my list of prescriptions. Allow parents to, err, parent those in their care.
" Even minor stuff has to go via the Courts..."
ReplyDeleteOh, for crying out loud! It's almost as if they are determined to break the system, isn't it?
Why not? It's not as if they're paying for it, after all...
ReplyDeleteWhether this is due to the child's human rights or what, I do not know, but it is clearly insane.
ReplyDeleteIt is also unjust to the child. Because the child by natural law is entitled to a social a moral formation/education - that's part of what being in a family means. How can such a child grow up and cope as an adult? With greater difficulty than he should, I imagine.
But then the country will continue to be screwed up until we are able to ascertain what is the basis of morality in this brave (or rather fool-hardy) new secular world. Because it looks at the moment that the message is that morality is just convention (which is why it needn't apply if there are no police around who are willing or able to enforce it).
Because it looks at the moment that the message is that morality is just convention
ReplyDeleteWorse - it is an imposition! Decided unilaterally by evil capitalist men, to suit their purposes, keep the working classes in their place, and maintain the establishment hegemony!
[/sarcasm] ;-)
(which is why it needn't apply if there are no police around who are willing or able to enforce it)
Quite.
Worse - it is an imposition!
ReplyDeleteThe simple fact is that Christianity has provided the moral frame-work of this country for 1500 years. Over the last few decades it has been removed, and to some extent prohibited. But nothing has been put in its place.
The only people that should be surprised at the riots and similar problems are the stupid people, who infected with left-wing and generally humanist ideas, really believe that human beings are basically good, and will behave well, if only oppressive structures are removed from them.
If secularists want to give up reading the Bible and are incapable of knowing their own species first hand, they could at least do us all a favour and read Nietzsche and Hobbes.
read Nietzsche and Hobbes
ReplyDeleteGood lord no. Far too many long words.