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   From: mcx@nospamyahoo.com   
      
   new or not new, it should never be acceptable. I will tell you this , for   
   many societies in Europe and Asia this would be new!   
   "Jeff nor Lisa"  wrote in message   
   news:de64863b.0310111718.35f4dfa3@posting.google.com...   
   > "mcs"  wrote   
   >   
   > > today a yg girl going to school was raped and beat. another child beat   
   on   
   > > the way home This is so sickening , we can't protect our children.   
   >   
   > You act like this is something new.   
   >   
   > I suggest you check out newspaper archives from many, many years ago,   
   > and you'll find this specific sort of thing is not new at all.   
   >   
   > Our criminal law and enforcement in our society is a compromise   
   > between individual rights, cost, and public safety.   
   >   
   > We could put a tracking chip inside every person at birth, then   
   > put scanners at every corner, thus tracking the movements of   
   > every person at all times.  With such a system we'd prevent a   
   > lot of crime.  Do you want this kind of system?   
   >   
   >   
   > There are a lot of unfit parents out there who shouldn't be   
   > raising kids to turn out to be such monsters.  BUT:  how does   
   > society determine who is "unfit"?  By whose rules?  Mine?  Yours?   
   > Art's?  Further, what would we do with the kids who we take away?   
   >   
   > You know, in past totalitarian societies they have super strict laws   
   > and secret police everywhere, and they STILL had problems like   
   > these.   
      
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