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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (56209)	8/31/2002 4:53:23 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

So the state should substitute for parental responsibility? The problem with that, as I see it, is that the more responsibility you take away from somebody, the less responsibility they exert in other areas. It becomes a path to total dependency, which I do not think is a good thing. Yes, it's a shame if children suffer because of the irresponsibility of their parents, but it has always happened, and will always happen. And if parents get the idea that THEY are REALLY responsible for their children, they are more likely to go ahead and exercise that responsibility. Also, this will be a fertile ground for neighborhood feuds. "911. What is your need?" "I just saw Bobby Richard's mom letting him skateboard without a helmet. You need to go arrest her. That will serve her right for letting her ShihTzu dig up my dahlias yesterday."

To: epicure who wrote (56209)	8/31/2002 5:15:26 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Another story from the pool. I see this mom and two little kids walk by sometimes. The older child rides ahead on a bike wearing a snazzy blue, aerodynamic helmet. His younger sibling is in some device that looks like a wheelbarrow with phony pedals. I guess it's a pre- pre- pre- bicycle. Anyway, the little one wears a helmet, too. Didn't think they made them that small. I guessed that mom is trying to get the little one habituated to a helmet. There doesn't seem to be any safety reason for it. It was kind of cute. It's amazing the little things you notice when you jog in a pool for a couple of hours with no other entertainment. Which reminds me on something else I saw on the CNN show that had the story about the human diamonds. There was a kid, maybe twelve, who wanted to play football but couldn't get a helmet to fit. The biggest football helmet made is for a player on the Bears, I think. This kid couldn't get the Bear's helmet on. He has a 26 inch head.