Recent content by SorrySight

The problem is that the well being of the child wouldn't even be considered if it were the well being of an adult, whether an illegal immigrant is "happy" in their new country won't stop them from being deported. Her happiness doesn't matter more than the fact the US would be complicit in her...

You're making the (admittedly common) mistake that children are more valuable than adults and are treated as such by law. It doesn't matter that she considers the US home, it isn't hers by law. It doesn't matter if the adopting parents treat her kindly, they didn't acquire her legally. Her...

Accepted, thank you. I should have worded my second paragraph better.

That children are not property is a very recent mode of thought, one that isn't even universal. Do I think of them as property? Not really. I just acknowledge that in most western societies law's they have the right to an education and a safe upbringing but little else. Most of what I...

Why does the child's opinion matter? A 7 year old doesn't have a say in where they live and they can't choose what to do with the majority of their day (mandatory schooling, bedtime, grounding). Parents/guardians are the ones that decide if and when children of that age interact with their...

Maybe you should call the police?

I'll take god-like powers and recreate humanity as is. I probably won't play Sims with the mere mortals, just stop wars with a little divine intervention. (Should also do away with old-age, sickness, injury, death and limited resources while i'm at it.)

I'll take the gummi bear. I would happily submit myself as a test subject once the immortality could be proven, there's only so many tests that can be done and I've got the time. If whatever changes that happened to me could be recreated everyone could be immortal. If not then my...

I had an aversion to physical contact -understatement; I would go completely berserk if someone just brushed against me- when I was small enough to punish, so my parents only threatened to hit me when I misbehaved. I'm pretty sure they never actually hit me.