I am going to as YOU to comment on this directly since FirerFarter is too much of a coward to do so? Do you, from a MORAL position, think that it's "loving" for a mother to have her child, trans or otherwise, dance at an adult establishment for tips and "joke" with an adult about taking a date rape drug? Don't duck the question with some BS "I just don't want the government involved" answer. This isn't a question of what someone has the right to do but rather whether something is the right thing to do.
??? Why not?
Ron Paul was on to something when he said you can't legislate morality. Much of the problems that we face is because one group or another has access to tax payer money and then exploits it. Remove the crutch and a lot of that goes away on its own.
Though I won't/can't/don't want to legislate it, I'll give you insight as to how I raised my offspring [just one example]:
I told offspring that the age to
legally drive was 16, even though I learned at 12 many decades ago. I have always maintained and instilled "with liberty comes responsibility". When offspring learned to cut grass with the tractor at 10 and practiced/developed enough skills, I then taught offspring to drive a car at 11. Risk/reward [yes, I knew what could happen concerning risk] I then allowed offspring to drive to the store on offspring's own, a mile down the road while I was busy doing projects. Offspring was fully confident, wise and aware by the time 15/16 rolled around.
As for dancing at an adult establishment, of course I don't endorse it, and would
never allow my own to do that. But once again, different areas have different ages of consent for various things, and government should not be involved. All that does it forces things underground which makes them even more dangerous. Who's to say that a 21 year old is more aware and mature than a 17 year old? I know enough 30 year olds who are dumber than bricks and find themselves in trouble, just as there are 16 or 17 year olds who are mature and responsible and ready to make their place in society.
Vice versa as well. In my
personal view, should I condone government to make decisions concerning me and my offspring, potentially and more than likely
regressing how they mature? Should I allow that to be
my and my offspring's crutch? In Italy and other parts of world, teens drink wine [which has health benefits if done responsibly]. By the time they are out of their parents home drinking wine is old hat. Here in 'Merica, they can't touch the stuff until 21, even though they're already in the service or college at 18, and it's "party heaven" and stupid-shit-happens.
It's the government [the state] which lays the footing and creates crutches which leads to stagnation in development, maturity and personal responsibility. It's
not the job of government [the state] to legislate morality [or fund such things], even though it wrongly does.
