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Re:The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan by alistairSH on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:50PM (#18868737)
Sorry, I read your initial response as rather glib about a practice that is generally considered wrong. If that wasn't your intention, I apologize.

I do understand that the contract was legal. And suspect Chan's parents likely gave it great consideration. Doesn't make the practice, or the circumstances that lead to it, any more palatable to me.

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Re:The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan by stcredzero on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:06PM (#18868880)
I do understand that the contract was legal. And suspect Chan's parents likely gave it great consideration. Doesn't make the practice, or the circumstances that lead to it, any more palatable to me.

Very often, the reality is quite nuanced. What are your feelings about parents who pressure children to practicing sports or music for long hours from a young age? How is such a school different? At what point should a 3rd party intervene?

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