> Duane wrote: > Why shouldn't a child be able to smoke and booze > it up if the parents choose to allow it?
They can. > My argument was in > the case where a child has a life threatening condition, then the child's > welfare is more important than the parental choice. > Who determines "life threatening" and when the government is able to take over parental rights? The problem you're missing is that you and I may disagree on "life threatening" and we may disagree on when the government gets to take away your parental rights. If you're comfortable with me making that decision for you and your family then I'd say you're no longer capable of making sane decisions. I'm sorry sir, but I'm going to have to make all of your decisions for you from now on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211094 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
