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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@wirestyle22 well sure. . .
But I would also assume they have laws to protect the community and punish people that do such things. Thus the child doesn't need to take care of their pedobear parents.
It's a tough thing to prove. And what about parent abandonment, a major issue in a lot of countries. BBC ran a headline article about the problems with the abandoned children of priests just yesterday.
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@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html
This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.
None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.
"The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."
The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.
None of that has anything to do with the court case at hand.
You are mixing things.
It's contained within the same article, which is why I bring it up. That is a crazy law that the Taiwanese people have to deal with
Why? Just because their culture codified something into a law that you do not like?
What makes you better?
I agree with @JaredBusch on this one. I believe you do have a responsibility to take care of your parents (notwithstanding abusive relationships etc.) when they get older. I am planning on taking care of my parents. They are in their 70s now and my Dad is in a wheelchair, so I already do all the maintenance I can for them at their house, I will pay plumbers to do plumbing, I can do it but I hate every minute of it. I live about 3 miles from them and one of the reasons is so I can be close if they need something. I do this because they sacrificed for me because they love me. I will do the same for them because I love them. Now I am helping my children get through college and I have sacrificed things for them. I don't expect money or anything as I have planned for my future. I do expect them though to help me when I get old, especially if I become unable to manage my own affairs.
Huge thing I read here - you had a good relationship with your parents. I on the otherhand did not. Very mentally abusive, etc childhood.
That said, I haven't put my parents out into the streets, but I also don't believe it's their children's responsibility to take care of them. Once we become adults, we are responsible for ourselves.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@wirestyle22 well sure. . .
But I would also assume they have laws to protect the community and punish people that do such things. Thus the child doesn't need to take care of their pedobear parents.
It's a tough thing to prove. And what about parent abandonment, a major issue in a lot of countries. BBC ran a headline article about the problems with the abandoned children of priests just yesterday.
You are right it goes both ways. What this really proves is that there will always be assholes in the world. Abandoning a child just breaks my heart. So does the abandonment of parents. My wife works in a nursing home. She and the other staff always make sure every resident gets a Christmas present. Some of them get no visitors during the holidays or any other time.
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@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@wirestyle22 well sure. . .
But I would also assume they have laws to protect the community and punish people that do such things. Thus the child doesn't need to take care of their pedobear parents.
It's a tough thing to prove. And what about parent abandonment, a major issue in a lot of countries. BBC ran a headline article about the problems with the abandoned children of priests just yesterday.
You are right it goes both ways. What this really proves is that there will always be assholes in the world. Abandoning a child just breaks my heart. So does the abandonment of parents. My wife works in a nursing home. She and the other staff always make sure every resident gets a Christmas present. Some of them get no visitors during the holidays or any other time.
Of course, maybe abandoning kids is also illegal in countries where kids can't abandon parents. But if not, it's double punishment for the kids. Literally forcing them to be "slaves" to the parents that left them. Talk about a horrible punishment for being an unwanted child. Being hated by the parents that are supposed to love you is bad enough, but to then be forced to care for them is an insanely awful, abusive thing to do to anyone.
http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42085065
Same person... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/truth-celibate-priests-father-children-abandon/
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Alcohol damages DNA and increases cancer risk, a Group 1 carcinogen:
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@scottalanmiller Nature has a way of taking care of its mistakes. Score one for Darwin. Sad.
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@scottalanmiller Sounds like a good time to me; I probably wouldnt go to the hospital.
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@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller Nature has a way of taking care of its mistakes. Score one for Darwin. Sad.
You mean score nine.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller Nature has a way of taking care of its mistakes. Score one for Darwin. Sad.
You mean score nine.
Hey, guys, these aren't pixie sticks.... as they all fall down.
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@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@popester said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller Nature has a way of taking care of its mistakes. Score one for Darwin. Sad.
You mean score nine.
Hey, guys, these aren't pixie sticks.... as they all fall down.
I remember cocaine being way more fun that this....
Oh now I don't remember anything.
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@tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html
we talked about this one a few days back.
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Warren Buffet Destroys Trump's Economic Policy Without Mentioning Him Once
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42026485
Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-Slip Machiney and David Plowie. Pure gold.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-42026485
Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-Slip Machiney and David Plowie. Pure gold.
and the continuation of boaty mcboat face continues.
/sigh.
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When do we just let evolution happen?
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