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Prostitution vs. war crimes: The real moral offense

As Dick Cheney heads off into a luxury-filled and respectable retirement, outrage continues to be directed at the petty transgressions of Eliot Spitzer
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  • Wednesday, December 17, 2008 09:33 AM

    @omooex - crack

    Having been a foster parent of 12 drug exposed babies, I can sympathize with what you are stating. Smoking crack absolutely promotes the neglect of children. I also have never met a person who uses crack recreationally. But, in terms of law, smoking cracks does not equal neglect.

    If it were, couldn't we stated that all DUIs are, at least, attempted manslaughter? How would we classify a schizophrenic with violent tendencies not taking his or her medicine? Attempted battery?

    I am definitely not a lawyer, but my understanding of law is the above hypothetical scenarios will not happen. As such, I don't see a parent smoking crack will ever be, by itself, prosecuted as child neglect.

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