The Legendary Dragon Alephwyr, named Alephwyr, BA

It seems so to you

Take responsibility for your own bodies. We're not your parents.

I would love to have done so when it mattered, but the state placed barriers in my path, as did others

Yes, young children need to be protected from unreasonable demands.

What you call protection is actually mutilation. The moment you have the decision in your hands, the outcome is your responsibility.

Nobody's mutilated by doing absolutely nothing. Parents have the responsibility to take care of their children. Of course it's parents' responsibility.

If you have your hand on the trolley lever the outcome depends on you, therefore you are culpable. Truly doing absolutely nothing would have meant not restraining me from self medicating, for instance. Not telling me manipulative lies. Not sending me to be tortured.

It's impossible to say a thing would have happened if it hasn't happened already. You can't prove a thing that hasn't happened. Anyway, I'm not a parent, so I'm not responsible for other people's kids.