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>> >> Her parents have done nothing wrong (except failing to instill a
>> >> sense of morality into the child they raised) >> I would have thought that as libertarians the last thing we would do would be
>> to deny the individual sole responsibility for their actions. This sounds more
>> like a socialist than a libertarian Not all of us regard children as being 'little adults'. You may have no
responsibility with parents raising children without instilling a sense of
morality, but I do. I may not advocate using force against them, but no-one has
done that. I would regard them in a poor light - and would be less inclined to
trade with them as a result. Others may choose the same, or a different course.
It's their decision. >> >> "Old enemies start posting every sordid detail
>> >> of her present, her past, that of her parents and her extended family." >> Would you feel happy if there was something in your past that you had been
>> punished for and that you had spent years trying to make amends for was
>> published all over the web because of someone else?s irresponsibility in a
>> situation over which you had no control. There is nothing in my past which I have been punished for, and which I have
spent years trying to make amends for. So it's a bit hard for me to answer the
question. I take responsibility for my own actions. Actually, if someone were to expose my former trespasses it would give me a
chance to apologize for them. In particular there is someone I have always
wanted to apologize to - a girl in my high-school whom I played a nasty trick on. Egged on by my stupid mates, I slipped a page from a pornographic magazine into
her school bag. Most girls would laugh this off (and maybe she did - I don't
know), but this girl was the most unpopular and picked on girl in the
school. She wasn't a bad person - she actually seemed like quite a good person
with a low self concept and a minor disability, and I never heard her say a bad
word about anyone. Instead of standing up to the mob, I ran with them. Even at
14 years old, I should have known better. I haven't kept in touch with the people I went to school with but last I heard
she became a bikie's mol. This was her choice, but it is not a choice that I
feel comfortable to have contributed to - however minor my contribution was. I have thought about tracking her down and apologizing to her, but she probably
wouldn't remember me - and most people would be pretty freaked out by someone
they didn't recognize saying they had traveled a thousand miles to apologize
for an incident that they couldn't even remember. And the thought of being
set upon by a gang of bikies gives it even less appeal. But in the unlikely event that I ever see her again, I'll certainly make the
effort to apologize. Apart from that, my conscience is pretty clear. If people want to judge me
harshly for that, then so be it. The reason I use a pseudonym is because the last time I posted on Indymedia
some leftie thug theatened to smash my front door in and bludgeon me to
unconsiousness. Do you think he feels any remorse for that?
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