In
1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their
clothing, children rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by
letter carriers. One newspaper reported it cost fifty-three cents for
parents to mail their daughter to her grandparents for a family visit.
As news stories and photos popped up around the country, it didn't take
long to get a law on the books making it illegal to send children
through the mail.
Bama-Lama Jodie
Think
about that. What's happened to us over the last 100 years that
makes this sound outrageous? I'll tell you one big thing
that happened—Franklin
D. Roosevelt begins the Statist religious sect, with a mission to
provide controls to guarantee universal happiness. I'm not making
that up. Here 
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So the two in the back of the room having, ummh, relations with a crowd cheering them on ... or not... is OK, but the 5 year old that points his index finger like a pistol is not? Or the kindergardener who hugs his teacher is "assaulting" her?
ReplyDeleteAsinine comes to mind, along with zero tolerance equating to zero brains. Sheesh.
tomw
Actually sounds like a good idea. Mailing the kids, I mean.
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