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It's amazing an institution as such power, and that they can exercise such power, not based so much on a legal ground as on moral ground. Yeah they mentioned la
by sametmax 9y ago
It's amazing an institution as such power, and that they can exercise such power, not based so much on a legal ground as on moral ground. Yeah they mentioned lawyers, but there is no law against what the parent did.
- DanBC 9y agoThey can't do anything without going to court. Of course there are laws that govern this.
- sametmax 9y agoAbout the result yes. But the procedures they engage can have a tremendous impact on one's life, and even more when a court is involved, whether they are right or not. Can you imagine having to kiss some distant bureaucrat bottom, accepting they invade your life, endangering your reputation, making you question your choices, threatening you to loose your kids, making them look at you differently, all that __even before any decision is taken__ ? This is madness.
- DanBC 9y agoHe doesn't have to do any of that. He can chose to not engage at all. Again, the state can't do anything without going to court, and when they go to court they have to prove their case, he doesn't have to prove anything.