Originally posted by mietla
wouldn't this (teaching kids to pretend to be suicide bombers) be considered a child abuse in the US?
They CPS take the kids from their parent for much less drastic offences.
Are other countries (Germany in this case) less intrusive into the family and raising your own kids?
Nah, Mielta, because if you make the case for child abuse because he's using his daughter as a symbol then it opens the door to claims of child abuse by every parent who buys a little flag and has their kid wave it at the 4th of July parade.
Calls for the ban on demonstrations are laughable also. Is it a demonstration to fly an American flag from your car antenna?
What's amazing is the "righteous indignation" shown by the author of this thread and several of the respondant posts. What do you expect the Palestinians to do? They are in a war, they will demonstrate nationalist sentiment and they will protest to draw attention to their cause. As far as using babies as hand grenades, as some posters claim to be occuring, I haven't read any proof of children being suicide bombers, so please post a link.
Oh, forgot bout the CPS part- You have to be extremely abusive to a child, to the point of being a threat to the life of the child, before CPS can intervine and take away a child. The Social Services budget for CPS and most other similar programs isn't nearly enough to allow CPS to effectively do their jobs. We have no end of unfit parents who are on drugs, alcohol or whatever who shouldn't even be on the streets, let alone being parents. Now how many of you staunch Conservatives are in favor of an increase in Social Services spending?
