tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post294129939424534695..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: City Councils Still Wanting to Act as ParentsCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-40416373287141861302007-12-01T15:12:00.000+00:002007-12-01T15:12:00.000+00:00I do hope they finally stop and think. After all ...I do hope they finally stop and think. After all these years of moaning, (and have recently had it on pretty good authority that LAs have been moaning for well over a decade), that they will finally realise what they are actually asking for and how it would actually make their jobs far more difficult.<BR/><BR/>ie: if they got what they asked for, they would in effect take over in the role of parent, and thereby destroy the agreement between the individual and the state. That they would then be liable when all children everywhere did suffer signficant harm. <BR/><BR/>They really should shut up fast, imo.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-79997293807166940882007-12-01T14:56:00.000+00:002007-12-01T14:56:00.000+00:00Guidelines won't stop them moaning, on the contrar...Guidelines won't stop them moaning, on the contrary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-49193794127985387392007-12-01T13:56:00.000+00:002007-12-01T13:56:00.000+00:00Good question, S. I personally think that general...Good question, S. I personally think that generally speaking, LA workers simply haven't thought through the consequences of what they are asking for. They haven't thought about what it would mean if they actually did have a duty to ensure the safety and education of children. <BR/><BR/>I think they also sometimes get frustrated at the uncertainty inherent in their jobs, and think that the only way to reduce this uncertainty would be to have greater control, but we have seen in the example of oppressive state regimes everywhere, how this simply doesn't work one way or another. Usually individuals who are overseen and oppressed in this way, absolve themselves of personal responsibility, become demotivated and lazy; the regime eventually becomes unsustainable and collapses - Soviet Russia being a case in point here.<BR/><BR/>So generally speaking, yes, I think they do mean what they say, but don't know what they mean!Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-70630118549514506512007-12-01T13:39:00.000+00:002007-12-01T13:39:00.000+00:00Thanks for posting this.Do you think the Council m...Thanks for posting this.<BR/><BR/>Do you think the Council means what they say, or are they just repeating a 'safe' opinion?Alternicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08887830973366499098noreply@blogger.com