> I don't consider it enslavement, any more than I consider a parent's obligation to feed and clothe their child enslavement. So you think adults should be tre

> I don't consider it enslavement, any more than I consider a parent's obligation to feed and clothe their child enslavement. So you think adults should be treated like children? Very telling. Your thinking is fallacious, though. If you bring children into the world, you are of course responsible for providing for them. But you are also responsible for helping them become self-sufficient. Perhaps you think children should be coddled by their parents for the rest of their lives? > I understand that the libertarian perspective says it is OK to let your offspring starve to death Who said anything about libertarianism? A bit of a non sequitur, wouldn't you say. And I don't think you understand libertarianism anyways. If you do, then I sure as hell don't agree with it. > I think we're all obligated to one another, and slavery is something quite different from that. I think we should help one another, but I don't think we should be forced to help one another. Big difference. > I also don't like the libertarian attempt at redefining common words to make ordinary things sound baaaaad, like "taxation is theft!!" (it isn't) or "taking care of others is slavery!!" (it isn't). I think that's a cheap rhetorical trick, and doesn't get us any farther in any kind of discussion. Again with the libertarianism. I'll indulge you because you seem to want to fight against a perceived ideology. How is taxation not theft exactly? How is forcing people to take care of others not slaver, exactly? It's not a rhetorical trick, these are objective facts.