Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Europeans differ on parental duties

David Brooks of the NY Times writes:
The failure of convergence is most striking in Europe. True, a tiny sliver of European society is becoming more transnational. ...

On the whole, European nations still have very different understandings of the rule of law and political order, different work ethics and conceptions of citizenship. If you look at the European Values Study, for example, you see stark values differences across the Continent. ...

More than 80 percent of the Croats believe that a parent’s duty is to do what’s best for their children, even at the expense of their own well-being. Only about 55 percent of Germans agree.
So if the family court appointed a child custody evaluator, would it matter if he were a German or a Croatian? Would the evaluator consider whether the parents were German or Croatian?

As far as I could see, the evaluators just apply their own prejudices. I had Bret K. Johnson and Ken B. Perlmutter, and they were two of the most prejudiced men I ever met. They hate fathers, Christians, and American family values. They have no professional ethics or personal morals. These are people who should never be around kids or allowed to testify in court.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

How do you know specifically, that Perlmutter and Johnson hate fathers, Christians, and American family values ? I think little of these two myself, but I don't think they're prejudice against particular people or groups.

George said...

They are two of the most prejudiced men I have ever met in my life.

Anonymous said...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-barnes-noble-scottsdale-discrimination-20120605,0,3969570.story

Can't answer for Perlmutter but my direct experience with Johnson is in agreement with George's assessment.

Anonymous said...

I should say I agree with George in his assessment of Johnson as far as hating dads and being incompetent and unprofessional.

Hating Christian values and being un-American is irrelevant to the situation, evil is evil and there's plenty of evil hiding under patriotism and so-called Christian values by those who expouse them.

Anonymous said...

How do you know specifically, that Perlmutter and Johnson hate fathers, Christians, and American family values ? I think little of these two myself.