CM>     No slavery was not part of the constitution there was no mention
  >     of blacks they were counted as property! *Read between the lines*
I agree with you here, Charles.  It is pretty clear to me that slavery
*was* constitutional.
  >     And to answer Sondra's question , NO it does not take
  >     a village to raise a Child it only take ONE responsible adult unless
  >     you are a total socialist and all your personal rights and freedoms
  >     have been taken away form you and given to a all-powerfull central
  >     govermemt!
Do you *really* belief ONE responsible adult by him or herself can raise
a child.  What about when that person is ill?  What about when that
person has to go to work?  What happens if the rest of the community is
trying to teach the child *bad* behavior.  Do you really think the ONE
responsible adult can always persuade the child to resist consistent
peer, and adult, pressure to do wrong.  Will you need to depend on
farmers and book publishers to meet some of your child's needs?  Does a
child need peers and more than one adult to socialize with during the
years between birth and 18?  Will a baby-sitter ever be needed, even if
it is only a grandparent, or an aunt, or an older sibling?  Will the ONE
parent be able to not only teach their child at home, but to prepare
the curriculum as well?   If the child does go to school, and the child
lives outside of walking distance from the school, will the child need a
bus driver to take him or her to school, or will the ONE parent do it?
What if a medical emergency arises?  Will the ONE adult be able to
handle skillfully and quickly everything needed to save the child's
life, including complicated brain surgery if that should be called for?
Will the ONE adult be able to teach the child all the vocational skills
he or she will need to know to be competent in his or her chosen
vocational field, regardless of what that field is?   Will the ONE adult
be able to master all the skills necesary to keep the house running
smoothly and safely for the growing child, including such things as
carpentry, cooking, masonry, plumbing, etc.?  Will the ONE adult be
totally self sufficient so far as obtaining the food they need (growing
his or her own garden, slaughtering his or her own animals, etc.) so
that the child does not starve?
As I said before, Charles, I know of NO cultures that do not recognize
the responsibility of the community in the raising of children.  And I
strongly suspect that ANY culture which did not recognize that role
would not long survive, and I'm not talking just as a culture either.
All its kids would probably be DEAD in a very short while.
                               Sondra
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 þ SLMR 2.1a þ He who hesitates is lost.  Look before you leap.
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