Comments | sadie_sabot: My child learns about Hutto

sadie_sabot

My child learns about Hutto

Feb 24, 2007 14:06

As those of you who look at this blog now and then know, for the past several weeks I have been trying to find out and share information about the Hutto Prison.

( here's the background on my learning about Hutto )

nvj, internment camps, hutto, ice

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ms_cantrell February 23 2007, 22:31:44 UTC

it's so hard to know what to do with our kids in these situations. i think you did well. having her see you working to make a positive difference in the lives of strangers will give her a deep well to draw from as an adult.

as to the working for the gov't...well. i was raised to think that anarchist ideas were the right way to go, but i also believe the reality of the US at any point becoming even minarchist are very minimal - so -imo- it's a good thing when kids like yours, who are given a deep base in real public service, have ambitions toward reforming the gov't. hopefully she won't try from within the gov't, but perhaps she'll run for office, work for a non-prof, or something similar.

sadie_sabot February 23 2007, 22:59:01 UTC

yeah.....I am careful not to be too set on any one direction for her...my intent is to raise her to be a critical thinker, to be compassionate and humane, and to feel collective responsibility.

to be honest, I hope by the time N is an adult, the non profit scene has dwindled and activism and organizing are re-centered in communities, but that's a whole nother thing...

so, were you raised by anarchists?

ms_cantrell February 23 2007, 23:53:51 UTC

i'm sure my father would like to be remembered as an anarchist. however, he mooched off of social security and his parents the entire time i lived with him. he did teach us a lot about anarchist philosophy, being self-sustaining as far as home & work are concerned, etc., and that the gov't has excessive powers with regard to our personal lives.

sadie_sabot February 24 2007, 00:42:35 UTC

heh, my dad, a former hipie, once told me that anarchism couldn't work because there would always be some one who wanted to take advantage of everyone else. I wasn't a quick enough thinkier to point out to him that regardless of wetehr that's a permanent condition, currently, those particular people are in charge.

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