Comments on: Ohio…the “Nanny State” http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/teamkenan/ohiothe-nanny-state/ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:09:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: rose http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/teamkenan/ohiothe-nanny-state/#comment-79 rose Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:55:32 +0000 http://www.teamkenan.org/?p=1578#comment-79 maybe the question should be what right does anyone have for taking something of another whether a dog, cat or child without due process of law? if the government feels it has a case let them prove their side of the issue. proof of burden should never be on the one accused but on the accusor. in others words innocent until proven guilty not the other way around.

second what makes anyone believe that people in government are any better qualified or more moral or better suited or gods if you will to impose their opinions on others with the power of the state by force? really what different is there between gov of today and the gov of jesus day? the religious leaders, also their rulers with minimum interference by rome, had their nit picking rules and regulations that violated the law all the time. that is why jesus condemned them as offspring of vipers and hypocrites and whos teaching was poisonous to those forced to eat it. they sucked the life out of everyone else. they harassed the people to no end, robbed them of their money in “legal” ways. jesus called this being skinned and thrown about. they regulated the sabbath to death, made all sorts of rules, why? to protect the people? no they were arrogant and felt everyone else was incapable of knowing anything. they looked with contempt on the common man and regulated him to death to make themselves feel superior and because they were so full of hate jesus even called satan their father.. my guess is those making these nanny laws are the same, they hate people. they have to create some kind of way to feel superior more righteous more capable and smarter than anyone else and that they should dictate to others who to live. and getting more money is also a strong motivator too. you can’t rule over innocent people so you have to turn everyone into a criminal to justify rule/money/taxes etc.

rose

rose

]]> By: Jane http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/teamkenan/ohiothe-nanny-state/#comment-78 Jane Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:02:23 +0000 http://www.teamkenan.org/?p=1578#comment-78 This brings up an interesting idea about how much the government should interfere in personal or familial issues and how much power it has in situations like these. It is one thing if the guardians are purposefully overfeeding the child, or as I read in one news report, giving the child more food so he/she could accompany the guardian in eating. However, a situation like that is extremely rare. And, ultimately, who can say they know better about the reasons the child is obese than the guardian? While the government may think it is making a decision that is beneficial for the kid, it is probably causing more psychological harm removing him/her from family members. Although I do thing the government has a right to step in if there is substantial proof of intentional overfeeding for malicious reasons, in most cases, this matter is better left to the family to deal with.

]]>