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Originally Posted by CBinRI
This attempt at deflection misses the mark. Irresponsible parenting may be a worse offense against humanity but it is wholly irrelevant to this issue. Would you consider it to be relevant if a corporate polluter told us he couldn't afford to clean up the oil behind his factory? Apples and oranges.
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To be fair; I
think that he took issue with my statement "ignore this [court] order and go to jail." I believe that his argument is that there are already too many people in jail. For some reason he settled on deadbeat dads to illustrate his point.
His argument, however, didn't hold water for me either. Without the possibility of more severe consequences (escalation) I don't think that any of our laws, or even social mores, would be enforceable; why should anyone pay taxes? why register your boat? why obey traffic laws? why follow rules, why be civilized?
I don't mean to put words in KH's mouth. Please feel free to set me straight.
I
almost replied with; "OK, then execute him."
but, I thought that might be too harsh...
Maybe sending the offender on a solo circumnavigation on a sunfish with 2 pitbulls would be a more appropriate escalation?
- whatever...
On the plus side, I have taken this occasion to learn how to use the "Ignore List" feature of SailNet!
