Hodge tells court of being handcuffed by Fathers4Justice

 This story is back in the news again.  I took a short quote from the Minister’s testimony and bolded the most interesting part:

Hodge tells court of being handcuffed by Fathers4Justice | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
The minister said it was “awful” for a 60-year-old woman to be attacked in such a way. “If we are to protect and maintain … democracy, people who are elected representatives must feel able to go about their business without fear of being physically assaulted. I was upset and I was very disturbed by that incident.”

If this Minister were performing a public duty that wasn’t so intrusive and destructive to so many lives, this kind of thing wouldn’t happen, would it?  That is a problem in our modern governments.  They so often do things as a matter of law or duty, which they morally should not do. 

To my way of thinking, there are essentially two broad areas where modern governments are egregiously intrusive and destructive: 1. Income tax & 2. Family Law.  It almost seems as if a massive majority of people have simply lost their minds.

What’s really interesting is that people often make the argument that no-fault divorce is actually less intrusive and less destructive than the old system, but this is not exactly right.  In the older fault based system, there were far fewer divorces, and when children were involved, divorce was almost non-existent.  I have also hear people say that adultery shouldn’t be a crime, since we can’t legislate morality, yet, try not paying taxes or child support!  It seems we can legislate immorality but not morality.

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  1. JSnow says:

    Minister Hodge apparently has no empathy for fathers who are denied access to their children and are forced into unjustifiable child support payments.

    In her bureaucratic mind she is looking out for the “best interests of the children,” though she has no clue what that really means other than “screw the father and reward the mother.”

    Minister Hodge is just another political hack who should spend a few days in jail to gain a true perspective on her misdeeds against society.

  2. dfurrey says:

    I do not know the extent of the “crimes” Minister Hodge has perpetrated, but when 2 NON-officers of the law imprison her – you set our cause back a number of years.

    In this case, the ends does NOT justify the means.

    Read my profile before responding.

  3. Gerardo says:

    Set it back? How far back do you think we are especially in Europe? You can’t go any farther back than what is going on over there. All of the EU should burn in hell if there is such a thing. I have not seen anything worse than that place. I spoke to a mother from England who was with her daughter in Florida, I told her how I felt about dads not having any hope with their children, her daughter interrupted with; “I saw my father when I was 3 and I can recall that far back believe it or not and can tell you the day I saw him I knew I didn’t want to see him again!” Imagine knowing at 3 that you knew then that you never wanted to see your own father again and she hasn’t seen him since. But mommy and daughter living it up at a 400.00 a night hotel and no less with daddy’s child support packed in mommies purse. That little girl is 17 years old; just imagine her father kicked out for 14 years and now maybe the rest of his life. I say they haven’t done enough but this is a good start!

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