Comments on: The Rule of Law in a Free Society http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/25/the-rule-of-law-in-a-free-society.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/25/the-rule-of-law-in-a-free-society.html/comment-page-1#comment-76898 Dan tdaxp Mon, 26 May 2008 22:30:41 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5590#comment-76898 An excerpt from my response... <i>If I am reading your latest post correctly, you are abandoning the know-it-when-you-see-it justification, as well as arguments that this was justified because FLDS home schools its children, has an anti-feminist theology of sex and gender, etc, and are instead asserting that the raid was justified by the charter of DFPS. This is a more technical claim, though its still questionable. Removing even a single child from a home is purposefully hard, and the system is biased in favor of natural parents. Texas claimed a lot in taking the children away: more than it was justified for doing so. Further, the reason for doing so was religious. As you appear to describe Texas's reasoning, FDLS was a cult. An unpopular, small, and tight religious community with different norms that the rest of society.</i> An excerpt from my response…

If I am reading your latest post correctly, you are abandoning the know-it-when-you-see-it justification, as well as arguments that this was justified because FLDS home schools its children, has an anti-feminist theology of sex and gender, etc, and are instead asserting that the raid was justified by the charter of DFPS.

This is a more technical claim, though its still questionable. Removing even a single child from a home is purposefully hard, and the system is biased in favor of natural parents. Texas claimed a lot in taking the children away: more than it was justified for doing so.

Further, the reason for doing so was religious. As you appear to describe Texas’s reasoning, FDLS was a cult. An unpopular, small, and tight religious community with different norms that the rest of society.

]]> By: David Hallowell http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/25/the-rule-of-law-in-a-free-society.html/comment-page-1#comment-76398 David Hallowell Sun, 25 May 2008 18:21:13 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5590#comment-76398 My response is posted here: http://dmhallowell.blogspot.com/2008/05/response-to-free-society.html My response is posted here: http://dmhallowell.blogspot.com/2008/05/response-to-free-society.html

]]> By: David Hallowell http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/05/25/the-rule-of-law-in-a-free-society.html/comment-page-1#comment-76384 David Hallowell Sun, 25 May 2008 16:22:44 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5590#comment-76384 At least you spelled my name right. ;-) My full response is in draft and will be posted on my blog with a link here later today. At least you spelled my name right. ;-) My full response is in draft and will be posted on my blog with a link here later today.

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