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<DIV><SPAN class=876102621-24072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>nothing is
absolute. Of course children from a loving, honest home have a better chance of
growing up loving and honest but it isn't absolutely and to point at a child and
say "he/she acts this way because he/she must have good/bad parents," is not an
accurate statement in my opinion. As I would not judge parenting ability by the
way a child acts, I would not judge a child to be bad if his parents are
"bad."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=876102621-24072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>You can get into
a huge, long debate on these things, but in this situation (bush/clinton)... my
statement was meant to say, "do not judge the parent by the
child."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=876102621-24072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>(actually we
shouldn't judge at all.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Tbertruss@aol.com
[mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 24, 2004 1:10
PM<BR><B>To:</B> lujane@lataheagle.com;
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Evidence of Bush
Family Values<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2
PTSIZE="10"><BR>Lujane: <BR><BR>Do you mean to suggest that parents should in
no way be considered reflected in their children? Do you really think
that kids just make up their own minds and grow up however they are going to,
and the good or bad example or influence parents might have on their children
should not be considered when children exhibit problems? <BR><BR>This appears
to be your position, an attitude I doubt most people or most social scientists
or psychologists would find very tenable. <BR><BR>So the abuse of a child
raised in a home with hatred really is not a factor if the child exhibits
problems? The parents are off the hook? And W. Bush also?
<BR><BR>Wow, this is great, parents everywhere can heave a sigh of relief!
Their behavior has nothing to do with how their children turn out.
Kids just make up their own minds about how they are going to live.
And it's just an amazing coincidence that 90%+ children in the USA
decide to become Christians, and 90%+ in Iran decide to become Muslims, given
that they are free willed beings who are not controlled by their families.
<BR><BR>Right! <BR><BR>Ted Moffett</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>