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>>Consider that some don't want their parent's values passed on to the grandchildren. Nobody is forcing you/them. Not everybody is born to a happy family. But
by nec4b 4y ago
>>Consider that some don't want their parent's values passed on to the grandchildren.
Nobody is forcing you/them. Not everybody is born to a happy family. But why would you be against a general rule or norm for tighter family connections? Isn't this is something worth striving to achieve. I think there is positive correlation between children's success and multiple generations working together, just as children from stable marriages are better off as the ones from broken families.
- emodendroket 4y agoBecause “striving to achieve” it usually takes the form of compelling people to play along regardless of their circumstances.
- nec4b 4y agoYou have to be more specific. Do you mean by law or by twitter mobs,...? It a weird argument anyway. Almost anything good can be used for a bad purpose. We strive to write code that is performant, extendable and bug free, but sometimes we can't, because practical reasons trump the 'ideal'. If we were compelled to do so always, that would be disastrous for our livelihoods. By your logic we shouldn't even strive for it, because of the negative possibility.
- emodendroket 4y agoIf you want to strive to achieve something in your personal life that's fine but that's rarely what these discussions are about.
- nec4b 4y agoIt's a bit hard or actually impossible to have a society that has nothing to strive for.
- emodendroket 4y agoOK so again, how are we making others who don't instrinsically share this value strive for it? Compulsion? Indoctrination? Ostracism? You're talking around the issue.
- nec4b 4y agoHave you ever read a book, watched a movie, a TV show, read an opinion article? Why should you compel, indoctrinate or ostracize somebody when all is needed are positive messages about positive things in our society. That is what culture is for and about.