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Are you even trying with the last paragraph? They need to know how to verify your child's existence to make sure you aren't crazy and when to send him to school

Are you even trying with the last paragraph? They need to know how to verify your child's existence to make sure you aren't crazy and when to send him to school among many things?

thaumasiotes 13y ago
Well, neither of those things represents a benefit to the parent... registration appears to be something governments like in order to make things easier for themselves. Why is it surprising that parents wouldn't care?
- byoung2 13y ago
  Your child has been kidnapped and brainwashwd, and the kidnappers claim the he his their son. I challenge you to prove otherwise. A birth certificate would come in handy.
  - stefan_kendall 13y ago
    What stops someone from stealing my cats out of my apartment? 1.) Most people don't want to. And if they did get stolen, how would I prove they were mine? I have no registered documentation of the cats! Except for photos, and dozens of individuals who have seen me with the cats. You don't need a government certificate to bring a civil or criminal case against someone.
    - byoung2 13y ago
      What stops someone from stealing my cats out of my apartment? 1.) Most people don't want to. Cats are plentiful...I can get one anywhere. Children, on the other hand, are hard to come by. Ask anyone who paid $20k for fertility treatments and still couldn't have a child. More nefarious types can't steal your cats and make them soldiers, or sell them as sex slaves like they can your children.
  - scotty79 13y ago
    To prove anything it should contain (securely) timestamped DNA scan.
  - shiven 13y ago
    A birth certificate would come in handy. As would a DNA based paternity test. No need for government issued papers.
    - byoung2 13y ago
      As would a DNA based paternity test. No need for government issued papers A country that can't even issue birth certificates can do DNA testing?
      - alexeisadeski3 13y ago
        FedEx services a large area.
        byoung2 13y ago
        Good point, but isn't it still much easier to have the parents sign a piece of paper and keep it in a hall of records than to constantly mail off dna samples for testing? I'm sure that presenting the birth certificate is much quicker and cheapet than mail order dna tests.
  - thaumasiotes 13y ago
    Leaving aside the many other problems with your scenario, why would a birth certificate come in handy? At best, it would prove that you had a child at some point. It certainly wouldn't show that any particular child was yours (unlike a paternity test).
- rmc 13y ago
  Hence why they hack it, and say "We'll give you money if your child is 'registered'".

Are you even trying with the last paragraph? They need to know how to verify your child's existence to make sure you aren't crazy and when to send him to school among many things?

thaumasiotes 13y ago

Well, neither of those things represents a benefit to the parent... registration appears to be something governments like in order to make things easier for themselves. Why is it surprising that parents wouldn't care?

byoung2 13y ago
Your child has been kidnapped and brainwashwd, and the kidnappers claim the he his their son. I challenge you to prove otherwise. A birth certificate would come in handy.
- stefan_kendall 13y ago
  What stops someone from stealing my cats out of my apartment? 1.) Most people don't want to. And if they did get stolen, how would I prove they were mine? I have no registered documentation of the cats! Except for photos, and dozens of individuals who have seen me with the cats. You don't need a government certificate to bring a civil or criminal case against someone.
  - byoung2 13y ago
    What stops someone from stealing my cats out of my apartment? 1.) Most people don't want to. Cats are plentiful...I can get one anywhere. Children, on the other hand, are hard to come by. Ask anyone who paid $20k for fertility treatments and still couldn't have a child. More nefarious types can't steal your cats and make them soldiers, or sell them as sex slaves like they can your children.
- scotty79 13y ago
  To prove anything it should contain (securely) timestamped DNA scan.
- shiven 13y ago
  A birth certificate would come in handy. As would a DNA based paternity test. No need for government issued papers.
  - byoung2 13y ago
    As would a DNA based paternity test. No need for government issued papers A country that can't even issue birth certificates can do DNA testing?
    - alexeisadeski3 13y ago
      FedEx services a large area.
      - byoung2 13y ago
        Good point, but isn't it still much easier to have the parents sign a piece of paper and keep it in a hall of records than to constantly mail off dna samples for testing? I'm sure that presenting the birth certificate is much quicker and cheapet than mail order dna tests.
- thaumasiotes 13y ago
  Leaving aside the many other problems with your scenario, why would a birth certificate come in handy? At best, it would prove that you had a child at some point. It certainly wouldn't show that any particular child was yours (unlike a paternity test).
rmc 13y ago
Hence why they hack it, and say "We'll give you money if your child is 'registered'".