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Re:Norway mass murderer Breivik was 'already damaged by the ... by brianberns on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @08:22PM (#13881235)
> We as a society should be ready and willing to forcibly separate children from borderline parents.

Who gets to decide if someone is "borderline"? How do we know that the people making this decision are not borderline themselves?

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to impose morality on others that is not vulnerable to the same problems that it's trying to fix.

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Re:Norway mass murderer Breivik was 'already damaged by the ... by tbihl on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @09:16PM (#13881530)
To say nothing of what it does for public faith in any officials administering such policy. It's not hard to imagine a large group becoming entirely untrusting of, for example, the police by such a brash pursuit of family-breaking.
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Re:Norway mass murderer Breivik was 'already damaged by the ... by mikeash on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @10:03PM (#13881777)
We don't seem to have a problem imposing the morality of "don't kill people" and "don't steal stuff." Is this fundamentally different?
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Re:Norway mass murderer Breivik was 'already damaged by the ... by vacri on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @10:28PM (#13881907)
Have a look at how Australian Aborigines feel about their separation from parents because of contemporary morals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations

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Re:Norway mass murderer Breivik was 'already damaged by the ... by mikeash on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:19PM (#13882208)
A tragedy, but not an answer to my question. Is there a fundamental difference between this and putting people away for murder, or is it just a matter of making sure we get it right?
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Re:Norway mass murderer Breivik was 'already damaged by the ... by brianberns on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:26PM (#13882239)
We imprison murderers and thieves based on objective proof of their crimes. Separating children from their parents because of undesirable personality traits seems much more subjective.
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