This is why I reject the idea that parents own their children to the extent that those children do not have the rights of citizens. When parents abuse & endanger their children, the state must be able to take them away and protect them as British citizens with human rights. https://twitter.com/Legal_Equality/status/1055718997071605760 …
No, we can't say they will not be potential threats but we have a responsibility to only punish people for the things they do, not the things their parents did. And they'll have been taken away from their parents.
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I feel strongly about this because there is a boy in my daughter's class whose father is our local BNP representative & expresses the most disgusting views. I wouldn't think it went too far to say his plans for the country would destroy it. And the boy is 'tainted' by this.
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People blame him for his parents and assume he will hold the same views as an adult. He does, in fact, present a potential threat of extremist violence although he currently seems very sweet. He got upset at the unnecessary killing of a spider. He must be judged on what he does.
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If his parents were to take him abroad to join some Nazi militia, he wouldn't be able to stop them and I don't think it could be justified to refuse to allow him back in.
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But is there not an argument for taking reasonable measures to protect ourselves? I am thinking out loud here, because I know there are obvious problems with this - but could we not find a reasonable cut-off point where people are deemed too much of a risk?
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