I think we agree on the principle of the thing <g> But I do have a news flash for you. The government already second-guesses the rights of guardians. To some extent this is a good thing.
You are looking at it as an outrage to good spouses, but let me explain something to you. Good guardians do not normally run afoul of the the safety measures. If you take a child to the ER with let's say a broken bone, and your account of what happened matches what the doctor sees then a treatment is proposed and the child is released to your custody as the doctor trusts you to make sure the child receives the necessary treatment. If your story does not match the injuries or the child's account of the injury, or if the doctor suspects your child will not get what he or she needs to get better, then guess what, your family's right to privacy will not outweigh concern for the child and you may find yourself being investigated. That point has been reached in the Schiavo case. Quite apart from the fact that basic diagnostics have not been done, no treatment plan has been filed for three years and basic medical treatment, such as antibiotics, has been denied. And yes, this is Terri's family's side, but these are seious charges that don't go away because he is yelling about his family's right to privacy. I am all for families being left the hell alone, I really am, but not when it means endangering people unable to speak for themselves. Dana On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:40:16 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > But I have to say that your position worries me. If pistols at dawn > > are not appropriate between you and your wife, why should starvation > > be ok? > > I'm not sure of your point here, but mine is that I want the > government to stay out of my private life which includes my marriage. > I don't want the government second-guessing my decisions nor my > wife's. (nor yours for that matter!) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151016 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
