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[–] 30 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I feel like I am in a Monty Python sketch right now. She "contributed to delinquency" because he could have gotten in trouble that he didn't get into if things had gone entirely differently?

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  • [+] -27 points 1 day ago (8 children)

    Yes.

    The government decided that children that young should be supervised. She failed to provide that supervision.

    The child coming back safe that time doesn’t count- it’s a dangerous world.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    But they didn't charge her with endangering him, that's a different thing.

    Edit to add: And I suspect they didn't because he was, self evidently, not in danger. So I remain confused about why this became an entire affair.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    The government decided that children that young should be supervised.

    And we all know that the government is always just and never gets it wrong.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    did I say the government was right?

    the good news here is that, as part of that government by means of voting, you can go and change yours.

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago

    did I say the government was right?

    That was heavily implied by what you wrote, yes.

    the good news here is that, as part of that government by means of voting, you can go and change yours.

    I live in a well governed country, this case would never get as far as prosecution where I live.

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