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- From: xenon@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
- Newsgroups: alt.child-support,soc.men,soc.women
- Subject: Re: Proposal for Child Support Legislation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.133200.2609@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 18:31:59 GMT
- References: <sJ8DuB1w165w@jimmc.chi.il.us> <1992Nov19.062731.29897@u.washington.edu>
- Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club
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- In article <1992Nov19.062731.29897@u.washington.edu>, zzz@byron.u.washington.edu (Sample) writes:
- > I wrote:
- >
- > "The courts should divorce the parent who did
- > not receive the primary custody. . ."
- >
- > I was flamed by several, including Jim McNicholas who replied:
- >
- > "Joint custody is preferable"
- >
- > Even in "joint custody" ONLY one gets primary custody
- > -- because someone has to make the final decision.
- > That person can refuse visitation and extort money with impunity
- > -- because forced visitation is a form of rape.
-
- Yeah, right... when have you ever heard of any parent being "forced" to
- visit their own kid?
-
- > Jim continues:
- >
- > "if anyone tried to terminate my children from
- > me I'd kill that person . . ."
- >
- > Mature people accept divorce -- even dad-kid divorce.
-
- Well, you have been "divorced" from a chunk of your paycheck. Be mature and
- accept it.
-
- Incidentally, just about every man who has kids loses money on the deal,
- divorced or not (unless your kid becomes a rock star or something). I guess
- most men would rather have the kids than the money, cause I sure don't see any
- increase in the popularity of vasectomies.
-
- - xenon
-