Comments on: Paternity Tests http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/ Understanding politics from the left, right, and center Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jeff http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 Jeff Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:20 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2882#comment-1545 Where are you getting these numbers? Where are you getting these numbers?

]]> By: Sam Scott http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 Sam Scott Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:53:38 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2882#comment-1544 Both Puma and Jeff, to a degree, are correct. A long time ago -- before there was any family law -- women were largely at the mercy of their fathers and husbands. So women, to rate it mathematically, were a -10 as far as legal protection. Now, however, men are at a disadvantage -- but they are roughly at a -3 as far as legal protection. So, in sum, family law is more fair on average, but men are now discriminated against. Both Puma and Jeff, to a degree, are correct.

A long time ago — before there was any family law — women were largely at the mercy of their fathers and husbands. So women, to rate it mathematically, were a –10 as far as legal protection. Now, however, men are at a disadvantage — but they are roughly at a –3 as far as legal protection.

So, in sum, family law is more fair on average, but men are now discriminated against.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Jeff Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:51:01 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2882#comment-1543 Puma, I don't know what your line of work or educational background is, but in fact, it appears to me that modern family law is fairer today to all parties than it has ever been in the past. Puma, I don’t know what your line of work or educational background is, but in fact, it appears to me that modern family law is fairer today to all parties than it has ever been in the past.

]]> By: Puma http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Puma Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:25:13 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2882#comment-1542 Jeff // 20 November 2009 at 8:12 pm The “natural order” being “wives, submit to thyne husbands”? No Jeff, natural order as in - Not rewarding cheating spouses with lifetime alimony. - No rewarding of proven perpetrators of paternity fraud (when famous bankrobbers Bonnie & Clyde were caught, were the monies returned to the banks, or were they left with Bonnie's kids - because you know they were like "innocent kids"?) Modern Family Law is B.S. Jeff // 20 November 2009 at 8:12 pm
The “natural order” being “wives, submit to thyne husbands”?

No Jeff, natural order as in
– Not rewarding cheating spouses with lifetime alimony.
– No rewarding of proven perpetrators of paternity fraud
(when famous bankrobbers Bonnie & Clyde were caught, were the monies returned to the banks, or were they left with Bonnie’s kids — because you know they were like “innocent kids”?)

Modern Family Law is B.S.

]]> By: Dan http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Dan Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:09:09 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2882#comment-1541 Modern society? How do you define modern society? For as long as humans have existed, people have "cheated" on their spouses. Humans aren't terribly monogamous. I don't think it's any worse than it has been in the past. Throughout at least the Middle Ages to modern times mistresses, consorts, and other partners were accepted as part of the natural order. Why is today so different? Modern society? How do you define modern society? For as long as humans have existed, people have “cheated” on their spouses. Humans aren’t terribly monogamous. I don’t think it’s any worse than it has been in the past. Throughout at least the Middle Ages to modern times mistresses, consorts, and other partners were accepted as part of the natural order. Why is today so different?

]]> By: The DNA Lady http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 The DNA Lady Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:11 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2882#comment-1540 The bottom line is that each child deserves to start out life with the knowledge of his/her biological parents. Irrespective of the biological parents relationship to each other and/or to the child - at least the child has a solid foundation on which to build his/her own life. Those of us lucky enough to know our ancestry will never know the emptiness that questionable paternity and/or maternity creates in children. I see countless men and woman who have spent the better part of their adult lives trying to determine who they are - all because "polite" society shamed their parents into not revealing the truth. The bottom line is that each child deserves to start out life with the knowledge of his/her biological parents. Irrespective of the biological parents relationship to each other and/or to the child — at least the child has a solid foundation on which to build his/her own life. Those of us lucky enough to know our ancestry will never know the emptiness that questionable paternity and/or maternity creates in children. I see countless men and woman who have spent the better part of their adult lives trying to determine who they are — all because “polite” society shamed their parents into not revealing the truth.

]]> By: Sam Scott http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Sam Scott Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:25 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2882#comment-1539 That's a Christian idea. Jewish women never submit to their husbands. LOL. That’s a Christian idea. Jewish women never submit to their husbands. LOL.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/11/20/paternity-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Jeff Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:45 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=2882#comment-1538 The "natural order" being "wives, submit to thyne husbands"? The “natural order” being “wives, submit to thyne husbands”?

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