JC> Then you subscribe to the theory that unless an action is _specifically_
  > mentioned in the Constitution as being _illegal_ (i.e.: 
_un_Constitutional)
  > then it is _legal_? Legality by omission? Interesting philosophy.
No, actually, I don't believe that.  I just believe that the supreme
court, in the early years of our nation, tended to rule in favor of
slavery, rather than against it, when issues involving slavery came up.
Therefore, I think they saw slavery as constitutional; or, at the
least, the opposition to slavery as not constitutional.
JC> SB> As I said before, Charles, I know of NO cultures that do not 
ecognize
  > SB> the responsibility of the community in the raising of children.  And 

JC> Actually, there is a culture in Africa that did eventually come to what 
you
  > describe. Even children are left to fend for themselevs or starve. And 
they
  > do. I'd have to dig through my books to come with the name of the tribe, 
bu
  > the picture of the emaciated little girl of twelve or so with the caption
  > stating that within a short time after the picture was taken the child 
as
  > dead is firmly etched in my mind.
I didn't know any culture had come to that.  But my premise that no such
culture can long survive is still one I hold to.  I don't believe any
culture like that can keep enough of its young alive to remain a viable
culture.
                        Sondra
-*-
 þ SLMR 2.1a þ Be still like a mountain.  Move like a great river.
--- Opus-CBCS 1.7x via O_QWKer 1.7 
---------------