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  1. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    Are you really blaming the family for people committing adultery? That is ridiculous. There are many reasons why people commit adultery - sometimes it is because there major issues at home. Here are some https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/more-chemistry/201403/why-people-cheat An example...
  2. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    Then all laws are toothless. A broken home is one without both parents and children. A dysfunctional family is a family, that is having major issues, regardless of the makeup. The last question is the one I answered quite clearly. It depends on the nature of the dysfunction - I might also add...
  3. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    That is up for debate - whether adultery (a form of dishonesty) and a major breach of trust does not make you a bad guy/girl. The point of any law is never to imprison people. The point of the law is to deter people. The hope a country has when they form rape laws is not they will be able to...
  4. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    Yes I would be interested. I do remember though that some people are against domestic violence laws because they believe it will inflame family instability.
  5. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    I'm sure you just don't want to see it. Nope, simply another law that isn't always prosecuted. I've been mugged a few times. Most of the time I haven't gone to the police to report it. Does that make the law against robbery toothless? Which is?
  6. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    Please tell me how adultery laws caused more adultery?
  7. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    They already do that, don't they?
  8. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    You assume the punishment is jail. You assume that punishment would apply to first time offenders. Lastly you assume not putting that person in jail will mean the family will not be broken or is not already broken. But this is an interesting question: there is such a thing as marital rape (not...
  9. Thanda

    Mandatory reporting laws vs. Confession

    I am not grasping at straws. Did you want anecdotal evidence or did you want proper research - and you should be asking yourself why that research wasn't done before mandatory reporting laws were proposed as the solution to the problem.
  10. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    Spare me the guilt trip - I come from a broken home myself. Most of the problems society faces and spends time, money and energy trying to solve have their roots in broken homes. Yet it seems as a society we have resigned ourselves to treating the symptoms of the problem rather than nipping it...
  11. Thanda

    Should adultery and psychological abuse be punishable in a court of law?

    The last part of my post is the part where the law becomes relevant. A country makes laws to ensure a functional society. It punishes those who do things that would make a society dysfunctional. Adultery has a long history of leading to broken homes. Broken homes have a long history of leading...
  12. Thanda

    Mandatory reporting laws vs. Confession

    Perhaps. I must here say that failing to protect children by removing access offending priests have to children through their position is not the same as not reporting a crime one hears about through confession. In my church for example (Mormon) if you worked with children and were found to be...
  13. Thanda

    Mandatory reporting laws vs. Confession

    Rubber stamping sins? That is an oxymoron if there ever was one.
  14. Thanda

    Mandatory reporting laws vs. Confession

    If wanted more than my opinion you'd have to commission a study on that. Did they commission a study before enacting the mandatory reporting laws?
  15. Thanda

    Mandatory reporting laws vs. Confession

    My point is simply that if the purpose of the law is to prevent or reduce child molestation then the law is ineffectual since, upon realising they are going to be reported and go to jail if they confess to a priest, most sane people will decide not to confess and carry on their merry way (of...
  16. Thanda

    Mandatory reporting laws vs. Confession

    That is probably because, for now, most priests aren't adhering to the law. I'm also quite sure most who confess are unaware of the law (of mandatory reporting). If a huge amount of people confessing crimes to their priests started getting hauled off to prison, I'm sure the rate of confession...
  17. Thanda

    Mandatory reporting laws vs. Confession

    That person might actually change and stop abusing whoever they are currently abusing.
  18. Thanda

    Mandatory reporting laws vs. Confession

    Your rage is useless since without the assurance of confidentiality the perpetrator will likely never confess.
  19. Thanda

    Removing from NATO?

    I agree that it relies on the threat of force. My argument is only that that force is not the NATO. Neither does NATO represent the Security Council. Certainly they do not represent Russia and China who are members of that council. Lastly I prefer a world in which ultimate power is not vested...
  20. Thanda

    Removing from NATO?

    Who stopped the US from conducting a war of aggression on Iraq and Libya?
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