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The framing of this headline bothers me. It implies the money always belonged to the children from the start. "Gave away" is also an interesting choice over "do
by beart 8y ago
The framing of this headline bothers me. It implies the money always belonged to the children from the start. "Gave away" is also an interesting choice over "donated". At least in my mind, they conjure different thoughts. Donated implies a purpose, while "gave away" could mean that the money was lost needlessly.
- ksec 8y ago>It implies the money always belonged to the children from the start. From a Chinese Culture perspective, that is exactly so.
- xref 8y agoWhat about from a Chinese Law perspective?
- t0mbstone 8y agoIf the parent died and a will wasn't found, the estate is handled via "laws of intestate succession." When a person dies intestate, or without a will, the laws of the state where they resided determine how their estate is distributed. According to these laws, specific family members, or heirs, typically have a right to inherit a share of the decedent's property. This guy spelled out a will that directly went against the way how the general laws of the land would have normally given his estate to his heirs.
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoIsn't that pretty much always the case when somebody writes a will?
- t0mbstone 8y agoRight, but before he wrote the will, society implicitly gives the children the right to his inheritance. So by creating the will, he actively took that away those rights from them, and gave away his fortune to someone else.
- redmaverick 8y agoIn Asian culture, the money does belong to the children and children's money belong to their parents. The headline is accurate in this respect.