Lethal Injection Under Fire Again

[kandrathe]

Yes, essentially, we live like this: You can do whatever you want, as long as you do exactly what we(those in power) want you to.
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The government (which for us, is the democratic voice of the society) tells you what you cannot do (the outer boundaries on behavior), rather than what you must do (with exceptions for paying taxes and serving in the military when called).

Yes, and ironically the ones that need it the most, ones treated extremely poorly in horrible conditions are often not helped because of the low standards in them, while people with comparitively minor problems outward, in the suburbs and the like, are essentially harassed in some cases by social workers that are know-it-all control freaks.[right][snapback]107348[/snapback][/right]

I agree. The system is imperfect (more chaotic perhaps), but no better or worse than the institutionalization and selling children as laborers from 100 years ago. I believe that children in the US are more likely today to be left in abusive homes. From my distant perspective, I see a system trying to rehabilitate family rather than what happened in the 70's where social workers would break up families at the first instance of alleged abuse.