Shauk

zomg strawman! strawman! /bellow

lol.

I have no idea what you're "hearing" me say. But there were several paragraphs before that to be taken into context there. I fully realize they are legally guarded as "citizens" as a recipient of the title, but they are in no way legally responsible to uphold that title, kinda like how minors can't sign contracts. They aren't smart enough by our legal standards to make those kind of decisions.

this applies here as well. So therefore, in terms of determining who is and who is not fit to make these decisions for them, since i'm pretty sure lil johnny isn't packing a team of lawyers around with him, the answer is,... Community. For as big of an ego as most parents have, they really provide a fairly small chunk of the personality pie. Children are going to absorb personality traits and quirks from the people they interact with at school, the characters they see on TV, the bands they like to listen to. For a parent to say "its all me" is absurd. It's NEVER been like that.

edit: annnd this is why I try to stay out of the politics forum. I didn't even realize where this thread was.

you're on your own now.