I don’t have a problem with the sailing attempt — I think that today’s children are far too coddled and infantilized (all the way to age 26, thanks to ObamaCare). I don’t see anything particularly magic about eighteen, either. Different people mature at different rates. There are many people who would never be able to do this at any age (most people, I’d say). What I’m looking forward to is the youngest (or even first) person to sail around the moon.
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Andrea, you left out the part about giving the kids heroin. 🙂
Ken, I don’t agree. Under this definition, as long as you kept the same group of individuals, they would always be the same state.
Nor do I agree that giving voice to an opinion about how parents are taking care of a child means that I am making a case for taking rights away from parents. Words have power, but the act of speaking words is not coercion or use of force.
I think the Sunderlands made some piss-poor decisions and took some grave risks that were quite unnecessary for accomplishing the daughter’s goal. That doesn’t mean I want to take Abby away from her parents or pass laws to prevent them from doing what they did.
same group of individuals, they would always be the same state
Only if you assume that people can’t change. Ironically, your voice is part of what can change them.
Force comes in degrees. Like you said, words have power.