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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://mises.org/Community/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>A Violation of the Rights of the Parent</title><link>http://mises.org/Community/blogs/dget/archive/2007/11/14/parents-face-jail-for-exercising-rights.aspx</link><description>“We can do this the easy way or the hard way. But it’s got to get done.” -- State Attorney Glenn Ivey of Prince George’s County, Maryland, on the vaccination of 2300 children whose parents object to the county’s policy of forced immunizations. According</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>re: A Violation of the Rights of the Parent</title><link>http://mises.org/Community/blogs/dget/archive/2007/11/14/parents-face-jail-for-exercising-rights.aspx#6199</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:06:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:6199</guid><dc:creator>Magnus frater</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Am I correct in assuming community, state, and national borders are closed by federal mandate to those wishing to move to a more 'hospitable' forced-immunization- educational-system? If so then yes, their rights have been snatched from their unwitting hands.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wasn't aware this discussion was on tax law and antiquated truancy mandates, so I won't even respond to that. Regarding IMMUNIZATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a publicly-elected school board has the right to fight a contagion in any way possible, just as children with contagious diseases are asked to stay home-- would you have a congested classroom populated with Chicken Pox sufferers? Fighting infectious diseases is merely a form of security put in place to protect children, the same as security detectors in modern high schools and the front desk officer who watches for skippers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other options were available for the parents that had no plans to accept a free inoculation to protect their children's health. For example, NOT signing a document giving over all of their children's health issues to a school nurse. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You cannot cry foul when your own signature is on the document. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, it has become apparent that the State is more competent at raising children than modern adults, so why struggle against a move so obviously positive in motive?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6199" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: A Violation of the Rights of the Parent</title><link>http://mises.org/Community/blogs/dget/archive/2007/11/14/parents-face-jail-for-exercising-rights.aspx#6192</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:29:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:6192</guid><dc:creator>dget</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You're point fails to consider that many parents cannot simultaneously afford to pay for their child to go to public schools through taxation and pay for an alternative method schooling, such as the examples you mentioned. &amp;nbsp;Further, the mere fact that children are required to be educated defies the rights of the parent. &amp;nbsp;Ultimately your argument fails for these reasons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6192" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: A Violation of the Rights of the Parent</title><link>http://mises.org/Community/blogs/dget/archive/2007/11/14/parents-face-jail-for-exercising-rights.aspx#6186</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:54:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:6186</guid><dc:creator>Magnus frater</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Stripping the rights of the parent? Such assumes that enrollment in a public school is a federal law-- when in fact, only education is. Private schools with laxer immunization requirements are available, or home schooling where the parent has complete control. By enrolling in a public school, AND signing a slip allowing the school nurse control over health issues, the parent is in effect allowing the State control over the child from 8am-3pm. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Put simply, the parent is stripping THEMSELVES of control, and therefore any decision by a popularly elected school board is accepted ab initio.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Personally, in matters of contagions, I see no reason for a close-quarters educational system not to require immunizations to control infection. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6186" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: A Violation of the Rights of the Parent</title><link>http://mises.org/Community/blogs/dget/archive/2007/11/14/parents-face-jail-for-exercising-rights.aspx#3526</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:41:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:3526</guid><dc:creator>Ronorama</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Wow. Utterly amazing.&lt;/p&gt;
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