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To: Rambi who wrote (24274)	8/13/1998 9:15:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Penni, On children, you're right. I should have said that there is a point of choice, and that it is the responsibility of parents to prepare children for it. Or something like that. I doubt it can be stated in any simple way. When we talk of children who kill, I'm at a total loss. I have to wonder about the "he was so sweet" comments... I have an 8 year old and a 2 year old, and it's hard for me to believe that a kid could come to that point without some noticeable evidence that something was wrong. Not impossible to believe, but hard. And the prospect of deciding what do do... I have to believe that rehabilitation is possible, but it isn't going to be accomplished by sticking the kids in jail. But imagine being the person who has to make the decision to set them free, knowing that there will always be doubt. In the long run, of course, the only solution is to provide all children with the love, care, and support that they need. A goal impossible to achieve, perhaps, but certainly worth striving for. What to do with those who were denied that is a question with no simple answer, and possibly no right one. At times like that all we can do is pool our wisdom as a community and act according to our best judgement. Pretty pathetic, yes, but what else is there to do? <<We are witnessing a complete societal breakdown not only of morality, but any understanding of cooperative socialization at all.>> Having read a bit of history, I'm not convinced of that. We may have had a brief, sheltered, repose from the messes that humanity has always generated. Now our walls are crashing down. But I'm by no means convinced that things are worse now then they ever have been. Every age has its horrors. And now back to the real choices, the pressing issues that try our souls. A chicken reposes in my refrigerator, do I cook it in the Provencal fashion, with dry vermouth, tarragon, and masses of garlic, or do I opt for the tandoori way, with a cucumber raita on the side. This will require meditation. <<I believe that when we cook with love, it adds a whole separate dimension to a meal>> True. And you could say that as well about everything else we do. I've occasionally thought of starting a thread to discuss food, and one to discuss children (things far more important, in my view, than a lot of stuff we see). Maybe someday I'll do it. Steve