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Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:53 am Rights of fathers

"Fathers are no longer forced to spend time with their children" Should a father be able to exert his rights to stand back paring his nails behind child raising? _________________ Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL Preparation & TOEFL Vocabulary Learn more: How to Become an English Teacher

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Fri Jan 04, 2008 16:39 pm Rights of fathers

Ralf wrote:

"Fathers are no longer forced to spend time with their children"
Should a father be able to exert his rights to stand back paring his nails behind child raising?

I read the article. What an incredibly stupid case! I can't imagine such an outcome in the US, although anything is possible.

I especially liked this nonsense:

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Judge Neville Buyers, who admitted to being a fan of Waters’ writing, agreed that it would be "a national catastrophe" if Waters' concentrated creative ability was diluted by the needs of a child.

An American judge would almost certainly have told him he'd better drop one of his professions and that the needs of the child are far more important than his need to be famous.

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Ms. O' Connor's legal team also lost their claim for child support payments as Waters claimed that most of his money is spent sponsoring a bin outside Londis in Roscommon town.

What is a "bin"? If it's some kind of charity, an American judge would have told him that "charity begins at home" and make him cough up his child support.

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"(N)o longer will fatherhood be forced on any unwilling man."

In the US, the judge and almost everybody would have laughed at him! He wasn't unwilling to have sex with Sinead O'Connor, sex can produce babies, so he therefore was not unwilling to become a father. It's an obvious connection that he's trying not to make.

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"I will never cease to fight for father's rights.... as I believe that they have the right to have absolutely no contact with their children whatsoever."

This guy has a very perverted concept of fathers' rights! In the US, the fathers' rights movement is all about being allowed to have contact with the child, and to play an active role in the child's life. This moron has turned the whole idea on its head.

Read British historian Paul Johnson's book "Intellectuals". It's full of examples of famous people just like this jackass, who loved humanity but were cruel to people.

I would go so far as to assert that fathers have a right to prevent their own child from being aborted.

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Fri Jan 04, 2008 18:24 pm Rights of fathers

Jamie (K) wrote:

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Ms. O' Connor's legal team also lost their claim for child support payments as Waters claimed that most of his money is spent sponsoring a bin outside Londis in Roscommon town.

What is a "bin"?

If you "sponsor a bin" in Ireland, you donate money to the National Trust to foster recycling facilities.

Very true, this is a mad case. Albeit the article is written somewhat laconically and brought to the boil, Irish authorities do tend to knuckle under to fame and money. It's easy to establish your position in a country that has always obeyed anything and anyone that has shown teeth and gold. The Irish rebel ethos is a very common myth.
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Fri Jan 04, 2008 19:08 pm Rights of fathers

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Very true, this is a mad case.

Well, he sure has the looks, because to me he looks like he could use a comb.
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