On Sep 15, 4:07*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:38:53 -0500, Omelet wrote:
> > In article 7>,
> > *Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
> >> On Sun 14 Sep 2008 03:53:54p, Saerah Gray told us...
>
> >>> So children should starve because their parents can't or won't get a job?
>
> >> No, the children should be taken away from them and put up for adoption. *The
> >> kids shouldn't have parent(s) who won't provide for them, and the parent(s)
> >> shouldn't be allowed to keep them.
>
> > <shudder> *It used to be that way... My dad is a victim of that
> > mentality. :-(
>
> > Probably not a bad idea, but it's terribly harsh.
>
> um, maybe being terribly harsh makes it a bad idea? *just thinking out loud
> here.
>
> blake-
No but all you need to do is come to Canada and ask about the
Residential Schools scandal and you will know that that taking kids
away from their parents is a risky and bad business.

The Austrialians are dealing with the Lost Generation problem which
seems to be similar.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada