Let it not be said that America is in any way, shape or form immune to the politically correct, legalistic bullshit that has infested the United Kingdom and that is threatening Australia. Here's one from Texas, no less:
I kid you not... one of the charges was "child abandonment with intent to return!" What is that? One of those laws where the state legislators wanted to make sure that they had every possible angle covered so that there was no way you couldn't possibly find yourself getting screwed by the police once you tip-toed over the line? This certainly proves Ayn Rand's argument that when the government runs out of criminals, it sure as hell will find ways to make new ones!
Emotion aside, this sort of thing is an aspect of totalitarianism. People don't often get what totalitarianism really means, but it simply means that every single last aspect of life is politicized. America is a totalitarian society, though not necessarily an authoritarian one in many respects. If you need proof of the fact that America is a totalitarian society, just try to think of a single area where the government defers to individuals or other institutions, such as families. Good luck. You won't find it, especially on any issue having to do with kids, where the state today reserves a veto right from nearly everything from where your kid is, to how you punish them, to how you feed them.
Two weeks ago, a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram got into a rapidly escalating argument with his 11-year-old son in a McDonald's.
The confrontation made for a poignant Aug. 15 column by Dave Lieber, who wrote about angrily jumping into his car after telling the boy to walk home, a distance of "a few blocks."
After cooling off, Lieber returned a short time later to find police officers interviewing his son.
Father and son apologized to each other and, after a stern lecture from a police officer, were allowed to drive home together.
Lieber's confessional column about his "stupid and quite serious mistake" sparked a flurry of mostly supportive comments -- many from parents who had done the same or were treated similarly by their own parents -- on the newspaper's Web site.
But the story wasn't over. After additional investigation by detectives in suburban Watauga, Lieber was arrested Tuesday on charges of child abandonment and endangerment -- reigniting a debate over proper parenting and the role of police in family matters.
I kid you not... one of the charges was "child abandonment with intent to return!" What is that? One of those laws where the state legislators wanted to make sure that they had every possible angle covered so that there was no way you couldn't possibly find yourself getting screwed by the police once you tip-toed over the line? This certainly proves Ayn Rand's argument that when the government runs out of criminals, it sure as hell will find ways to make new ones!
Emotion aside, this sort of thing is an aspect of totalitarianism. People don't often get what totalitarianism really means, but it simply means that every single last aspect of life is politicized. America is a totalitarian society, though not necessarily an authoritarian one in many respects. If you need proof of the fact that America is a totalitarian society, just try to think of a single area where the government defers to individuals or other institutions, such as families. Good luck. You won't find it, especially on any issue having to do with kids, where the state today reserves a veto right from nearly everything from where your kid is, to how you punish them, to how you feed them.
After the way our society has made little gods out of children, why would anyone be surprised? You don't dare oppose anything if it's "for the children". The inmates run the asylum.