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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
That will teach teens responsibility in no time, they'll wear 5 condoms at once before you can say "if you get knocked up you're on your own girl!"
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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
Hmm? I never said that the parents should not help their pregnant daughter. I said she shouln't be cashing checks from the government and that losing this financial support will act as a detriment to act irresponsible.
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I don't see how the original quote can be construed as anything other than that naughty little teens must be punished by, and I quote, "you're on your own girl!"
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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
I don't see how is that contradictory? If anything, it would give the parents another "tool" how to teach their kids some responsibility - "we won't let you starve but you standard of living will take a hit if you get drunk and stupid."
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And what if they don't have parents, or have as a parent someone who is already poor? Or what if the parents DON'T step up?
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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
IMO set of moral values = libertarianism (in the classical sense of the word, not to be confused with any libertarian political party)
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And that's why libertarianism fails - it confuses economics with morality. Which is how you end up advocating children being punished for the bad choices of their parents and calling it "moral".