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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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      @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @coliver I saw this on the news yesterday morning. I get that this is the "only" road usable, but why can't they move this road back from this cliff edge and put in a barrier?

      Cost. That's almost always why it's like that. You are talking about a huge, poor country with more road to put barriers on than they can afford. They have good roads in the cities, but this was way out in the middle of nowhere.

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      • wirestyle22W
        wirestyle22
        last edited by wirestyle22

        https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

        This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch @wirestyle22
          last edited by

          @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

          https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

          This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

          None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
            last edited by wirestyle22

            @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

            https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

            This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

            None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

            "The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."

            The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @wirestyle22
              last edited by

              @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

              @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

              @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

              https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

              This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

              None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

              "The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."

              The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.

              None of that has anything to do with the court case at hand.

              You are mixing things.

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
                last edited by wirestyle22

                @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

                This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

                None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

                "The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."

                The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.

                None of that has anything to do with the court case at hand.

                You are mixing things.

                It's contained within the same article, which is why I bring it up. That is a crazy law that the Taiwanese people have to deal with

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
                  last edited by

                  @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

                  This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

                  None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

                  "The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."

                  The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.

                  None of that has anything to do with the court case at hand.

                  You are mixing things.

                  It's contained within the same article, which is why I bring it up. That is a crazy law that the Taiwanese have to deal with

                  Simple answer is just kill your parents once they're no longer useful (baby sitters etc).

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @wirestyle22
                    last edited by

                    @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

                    This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

                    None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

                    "The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."

                    The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.

                    None of that has anything to do with the court case at hand.

                    You are mixing things.

                    It's contained within the same article, which is why I bring it up. That is a crazy law that the Taiwanese people have to deal with

                    Why? Just because their culture codified something into a law that you do not like?

                    What makes you better?

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

                      This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

                      None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

                      "The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."

                      The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.

                      None of that has anything to do with the court case at hand.

                      You are mixing things.

                      It's contained within the same article, which is why I bring it up. That is a crazy law that the Taiwanese people have to deal with

                      Why? Just because their culture codified something into a law that you do not like?

                      What makes you better?

                      I assume human beings in Taiwan still have to deal with the same issues we do here such as pedophiles, child abuse, etc etc. Yet they have a law that states these children cannot abandon their parents and must take care of them? You don't see an issue there?

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
                        last edited by DustinB3403

                        @wirestyle22 well sure. . .

                        But I would also assume they have laws to protect the community and punish people that do such things. Thus the child doesn't need to take care of their pedobear parents.

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                        • wirestyle22W
                          wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
                          last edited by wirestyle22

                          @dustinb3403 It's an assumption though. The only thing we know for sure is there a law saying otherwise. We don't know what special circumstances stop it from being applicable.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
                            last edited by

                            @wirestyle22 ok... but do you think in any part of the world molesting your own child isn't punishable by prison (or other means)?

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                            • wirestyle22W
                              wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              @dustinb3403 so the kid is 8 when it happens. Patent goes to jail for 20 years. Kids 28 and still has to take care of them

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @wirestyle22
                                last edited by

                                @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                @dustinb3403 so the kid is 8 when it happens. Patent goes to jail for 20 years. Kids 28 and still has to take care of them

                                Just pull you head out of your ass.

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                                • wirestyle22W
                                  wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
                                  last edited by

                                  @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @dustinb3403 so the kid is 8 when it happens. Patent goes to jail for 20 years. Kids 28 and still has to take care of them

                                  Just pull you head out of your ass.

                                  That is how it's presented in the article. They don't list any ways that law does not apply. I'm wondering if that kind of stuff exists

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                                  • ObsolesceO
                                    Obsolesce @wirestyle22
                                    last edited by

                                    @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @dustinb3403 so the kid is 8 when it happens. Patent goes to jail for 20 years. Kids 28 and still has to take care of them

                                    Just pull you head out of your ass.

                                    That is how it's presented in the article. They don't list any ways that law does not apply. I'm wondering if that kind of stuff exists

                                    It's a modern intelligent country. I can't imagine that kind of stuff wouldn't exist.

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22 @Obsolesce
                                      last edited by

                                      @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @dustinb3403 so the kid is 8 when it happens. Patent goes to jail for 20 years. Kids 28 and still has to take care of them

                                      Just pull you head out of your ass.

                                      That is how it's presented in the article. They don't list any ways that law does not apply. I'm wondering if that kind of stuff exists

                                      It's a modern intelligent country. I can't imagine that kind of stuff wouldn't exist.

                                      I hope so

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                                      • PenguinWranglerP
                                        PenguinWrangler @JaredBusch
                                        last edited by

                                        @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

                                        This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

                                        None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

                                        "The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."

                                        The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.

                                        None of that has anything to do with the court case at hand.

                                        You are mixing things.

                                        It's contained within the same article, which is why I bring it up. That is a crazy law that the Taiwanese people have to deal with

                                        Why? Just because their culture codified something into a law that you do not like?

                                        What makes you better?

                                        I agree with @JaredBusch on this one. I believe you do have a responsibility to take care of your parents (notwithstanding abusive relationships etc.) when they get older. I am planning on taking care of my parents. They are in their 70s now and my Dad is in a wheelchair, so I already do all the maintenance I can for them at their house, I will pay plumbers to do plumbing, I can do it but I hate every minute of it. I live about 3 miles from them and one of the reasons is so I can be close if they need something. I do this because they sacrificed for me because they love me. I will do the same for them because I love them. Now I am helping my children get through college and I have sacrificed things for them. I don't expect money or anything as I have planned for my future. I do expect them though to help me when I get old, especially if I become unable to manage my own affairs.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                          last edited by

                                          @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @wirestyle22 well sure. . .

                                          But I would also assume they have laws to protect the community and punish people that do such things. Thus the child doesn't need to take care of their pedobear parents.

                                          It's a tough thing to prove. And what about parent abandonment, a major issue in a lot of countries. BBC ran a headline article about the problems with the abandoned children of priests just yesterday.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @PenguinWrangler
                                            last edited by

                                            @penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/asia/taiwan-dentist-court-mother-filial-son.html

                                            This is insane. What if you have the worst parents in the world? Also consider the amount he's already paid.

                                            None of your reaction is appropriate. This is a signed contract between adults that he was attempting to break. It also has nothing to do wit the parents being good or bad.

                                            "The principle is backed up by law in Taiwan, where adults are legally prohibited from abandoning their parents."

                                            The above is the insane part. What if you have terrible parents? Are you obgligated under law without contract to care for them? I understand the contract.

                                            None of that has anything to do with the court case at hand.

                                            You are mixing things.

                                            It's contained within the same article, which is why I bring it up. That is a crazy law that the Taiwanese people have to deal with

                                            Why? Just because their culture codified something into a law that you do not like?

                                            What makes you better?

                                            I agree with @JaredBusch on this one. I believe you do have a responsibility to take care of your parents (notwithstanding abusive relationships etc.) when they get older. I am planning on taking care of my parents. They are in their 70s now and my Dad is in a wheelchair, so I already do all the maintenance I can for them at their house, I will pay plumbers to do plumbing, I can do it but I hate every minute of it. I live about 3 miles from them and one of the reasons is so I can be close if they need something. I do this because they sacrificed for me because they love me. I will do the same for them because I love them. Now I am helping my children get through college and I have sacrificed things for them. I don't expect money or anything as I have planned for my future. I do expect them though to help me when I get old, especially if I become unable to manage my own affairs.

                                            Huge thing I read here - you had a good relationship with your parents. I on the otherhand did not. Very mentally abusive, etc childhood.

                                            That said, I haven't put my parents out into the streets, but I also don't believe it's their children's responsibility to take care of them. Once we become adults, we are responsible for ourselves.

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