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http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/1293662/george-bernard-shaw/perhaps-the-greatest-social-service-that-can-be-rendered

“Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.”

George Bernard Shaw

Any family?

Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/1293662/george-bernard-shaw/perhaps-the-greatest-social-service-that-can-be-rendered

“Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.”

George Bernard Shaw

perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered is to NOT to bring up a family - unless and until one is READY to bring up a family.

Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/1293662/george-bernard-shaw/perhaps-the-greatest-social-service-that-can-be-rendered

“Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.”

George Bernard Shaw

I think Mel's comment about being ready is important. I don't think it's a social service to pump out welfare babies.

we have mandatory state-funded child education, why not mandatory state-funded family education?

and mandatory divestiture of children from malfunctioning families, with a lower threshold than is currently used.

maybe we'd have less gangbangers, then.

if GBS had been writing a legal brief, perhaps he'd have included all manner of footnotes indicating he meant "raise a family well", and all* permutations thereof.

* - or most, or a significant number of.

Originally posted by zeeblebot
we have mandatory state-funded child education, why not mandatory state-funded family education?

and mandatory divestiture of children from malfunctioning families, with a lower threshold than is currently used.

maybe we'd have less gangbangers, then.

While I'm not necessarily opposed, I think that is not reasonably possible.

Originally posted by zeeblebot
if GBS had been writing a legal brief, perhaps he'd have included all manner of footnotes indicating he meant "raise a family [b]well", and all* permutations thereof.

* - or most, or a significant number of.[/b]

Yeah, with proper qualifiers it is a good statement.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
While I'm not necessarily opposed, I think that is not reasonably possible.

not reasonably likely, and too bad for the kids.

altho, the state of Texas tried, on much less grounds than exist for the gangbangers (i'm talking about the "cult" that moved to that compound in W. Texas).