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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:06 PM Original message |
Should it be legal for a man to leave his wife without giving prior notice? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are we considering the idea that a child is legally property? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I took it the idea was that the dad was considered property of the child. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Hmm... but if the dad is the property of the child... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. "Quod erat demonstratum" is what you were after, I think.... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. "...demonstrandum..." ? edited to add '?' nt |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
60. I suspect that your Latin Trumps mine... |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
62. In a sense that is true |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. A child is NOT property. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Then why did my son's mom need a signed letter from me to take him out of the country? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. No. That's a question of parental rights. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. You say tomato, I say tomato... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. That's funny and quite silly. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. (shrug) If it's legal for a woman, and assuming there's no personal safety issues involved. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. What if |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't the difference that one is a minor? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Women do not have "custody" of their S.O's, so yes, it should remain |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Of course it's legal for a man to do this. |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. The man's an adult. If the shoe was on the other foot and the |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. YES - next question... |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm not sure that I understand the question |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. last i checked, an adult has the right to do what they want... that means they could walk off |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. There is not wife. Only Zuul !!! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Door number 3. nt |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. Adults can do whatever they want. What silliness. n/t |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Really? Whatever they want? There are no laws restricting what adults can do? |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Maybe if you explained the progress you're looking for it would be easier to comment? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. There's a real good reason for that... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. "they aren't equipped to make sensible decisions" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Yes, and here's why |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Scenario #2 doesn't mention a man |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. It is legal for the man to leave, and the kid as well if he is 18. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Assuming the boy is under 18 ... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. "it's her responsibility to take care of him" |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. This would not include paying his rent if he runs away from home. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I don't think the issue is what home he lives in. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yawn...another hit-and-run post pretending to profundity |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. i dont get it. you have an adult, you have a child. i see no point to the post. nt |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. That's the point! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. bah hahah |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's abandonment and grounds for divorce. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-11-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. PS...on the original question... |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. "how much prior notice would be suitable before he would be guilty of a crime?" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. OK now I'm really confused.... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. Uhh... yes. Are you trying to make some kind of point? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. First thought when I read the title? Must be an RG Bolen post. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. Newsflash: Children under 18 don't have the same rights as Adults. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Are abusive spousal relationships extremely rare in America? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Now you are injecting pertinent facts that you hid in your OP. An abusive parent |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Does anything in the Original Post imply that it wasn't a possibility? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Too many pertinent facts could also be possibilities to consider them all. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. "the facts as you laid them out" |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. People are responding to YOUR question "Should it be legal for a man . . ." |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Please don't speak for other people. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I wish you well. However, I have no idea what you are talking about. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. OK so now we have the "abusive parent" |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. Scenario 1: yes, Scenario 2, depends if "boy" is of age. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. How can you give prior notice? |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Notice of an event is adequate "prior notice" if there's adequate time between notice and event. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. What if the "prior notice" comprises all of three seconds? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. So then the real question is how much time should elapse between the notice and the event? nt |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
57. A free human being is free to choose where they live when ever they wish. Gender isn't relevant. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
61. I thought about this for some hours, and now I have to ask... |
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