I agree that this guy seems to be living in a world all his own. I've got plenty of friends who are stable, well-adjusted members of society, and yet they were not raised in what Anderson considers the ideal family environment.It is worse than that.
His principle of social well-being opens the door to additional legislation regarding family construction.
Since single family homes, step-families, and other non-original families are so much worse, indeed destructive, it creates an obligation to prevent:
Ending marriages before the children are grown
Out of marriage childbirth
AdoptionNote that the sum total effect of the latter two will mandate either universal birth control, universal abortion to prevent such, or both. That is the problem with becoming too obsessed about a particular goal that you develop tunnel vision and cannot see the full implications of advancing a particular position.
Here it is. Dang Messageboard Monster.
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Why is it that so many people are afraid of permanence? Families to be made of interchangeable parts. Disposable parts. Generic parts.
It's the penultimate 'ME' world. No more 'US'.
I agree that this guy seems to be living in a world all his own. I've got plenty of friends who are stable, well-adjusted members of society, and yet they were not raised in what Anderson considers the ideal family environment.
Also, while it's true that there are several studies that clearly show children grow up better in homes with a mother and father,* these studies typically, compare these families to single parent households, and do not compare them to families with same-sex parents. The few studies that do make such comparisons do not show that children experience any significant developmental problems as a result of having two parents of the same sex.
*It's also important to note that these studies refer to families with parents in loving relationships. Children in families where the parents are in a non-loving relationship turn out just as screwed up as the rest of us (if not more).
Why is it that so many people are afraid of permanence? Families to be made of interchangeable parts. Disposable parts. Generic parts.
Don't forget foreign parts. Our culture is like a Ford SUV, with parts from all over the world. :P
Why is it that so many people are afraid of permanence? Families to be made of interchangeable parts. Disposable parts. Generic parts.Don't forget foreign parts. Our culture is like a Ford SUV, with parts from all over the world. :P
So our culture is destined to be F-O-R-D, Fixed-Or-Repaired-Daily? ;)
So our culture is destined to be F-O-R-D, Fixed-Or-Repaired-Daily? ;)Why is it that so many people are afraid of permanence? Families to be made of interchangeable parts. Disposable parts. Generic parts.Don't forget foreign parts. Our culture is like a Ford SUV, with parts from all over the world. :P
FUBAR prolly more accurate ^_^
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So our culture is destined to be F-O-R-D, Fixed-Or-Repaired-Daily? ;)Why is it that so many people are afraid of permanence? Families to be made of interchangeable parts. Disposable parts. Generic parts.Don't forget foreign parts. Our culture is like a Ford SUV, with parts from all over the world. :P
Actually, that's First-On-Race-Day. You have it confused with Dodge. They call it that because that's what you have to do when you see one on the freeway.
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FUBAR prolly more accurate ^_^So our culture is destined to be F-O-R-D, Fixed-Or-Repaired-Daily? ;)Why is it that so many people are afraid of permanence? Families to be made of interchangeable parts. Disposable parts. Generic parts.Don't forget foreign parts. Our culture is like a Ford SUV, with parts from all over the world. :P
Nah, SNAFU is better. Situation normal, you can guess the rest.
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So our culture is destined to be F-O-R-D, Fixed-Or-Repaired-Daily? ;)Why is it that so many people are afraid of permanence? Families to be made of interchangeable parts. Disposable parts. Generic parts.Don't forget foreign parts. Our culture is like a Ford SUV, with parts from all over the world. :P
Hey now, don't knock Ford too hard. So far, of the so-called Big Three, they haven't taken any money from these "stimuli", and they reached an actually decent settlement with the UAW to help out.
So our culture is destined to be F-O-R-D, Fixed-Or-Repaired-Daily? ;)
Who says it isn't that way now? ;)