I used to be an ardent, non-violent voluntarist, but gave it up largely because of the difficulty I had in reconciling the principles of anarchism and the duty to educate children. As a teacher, I am constantly manipulating, threatening, and cajoling students to do what I want. Moreover, my authori…

+1 to Autolykos for being more patient than I was in trying to figure out why you would have reacted the way you did. :slight_smile: It was, in fact, he who suggested that my reaction to your previous post to me was probably too abrupt. I can only answer for myself here… And I’m certainly not the…

More important are the legal ramifications of the difference between minor and adult. If your child is wandering around aimlessly in the middle of a busy street, you have every right and duty under the law to physically remove him or her. Not only is it not unjustifiable coercion to forcibly remove…

@Autolykos Warning: weird and pointless “What about the children” rant! But, I suspect there might be something in my experience that may be in the way here, so I’m going to just put it out there. Sorry in advance! I’m not sure if I mentioned it or not before, but perhaps it is necessary to mentio…

@Ladyphoenix No worries. Internet forums are raucous places, a fact I am still not used to. Regarding preemptive attack. I have to say that this is a hard one for me to conjure up, because the plausability of it is rooted in my experience living and travelling in Asia. In a state, for example, whe…

Assuming your friend had murder insurance (likely very cheap since murders are statistically rare) then the insurance company would have to pay out a lot of money to his heirs. This insurance company would want to get back as much of that money as it could so they are going to do everything they ca…

I think what you are misunderstanding here is that the school is private property. The only thing you can’t do is prevent the child from leaving if they decide to do so. Anything you do on your property is acceptable except detaining someone (murdering them would count as permanent detention in my …

@ Autolykos: I’d like to refer you to that post I linked you to in our private conversation earlier. I will discuss (very briefly) my thoughts on the Fritzl case. My thoughts would be that it is unjustifiable for the state to return home any child that has run away (and does not wish to return h…

I must say, I am very impressed with you here EvilSocialistFellow. The vast majority of people wouldn’t accept that their current point of view could be logically extended to something that is considered reprehensible by their peers. The same way that most people will argue a point but when shown t…

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This thread has inspired me to write this post: How To Rescue a Child (without the State).

I hope it will clarify some misunderstandings demonstrated in this thread.

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