On Sep 18, 8:43 am, "Dragon's Girl" <bettywir...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=...
>
> This is crazy.
>
> People in rural areas have ANIMALS...some are potential food sources,
> and some are guard dogs and the likes. They serve a purpose. They
> are not pampered 'pets'. Pigs are allowed to wallow in crap because
> that's what pigs do. Dogs have fleas because that's what dogs have.
> Cats breed out of control on the hills because that's what cats do.
>
> The next thing you know they'll be saying that because you don't let
> the chickens in the house in the winter you're more likely to commit
> murder.
Betty, We have already discussed this.
It was brought up that most states use a
"risk *****sment instrument" (form!) to
decide whether parents were guilty of
child abuse.
The form is not supposed to be used to make
that decision, but in fact it IS use for that.
One consortium of states that created such
a form was called "Structured Decision Making"
but had a disclaimer that their form
was not to be used for "decision making"! LOL
Having obtained some of these forms, it was
brought up that a single mom living in the
country and butchering livestock would
automatically qualify as a very high risk
for abuse before the agency nitwits even
showed up at her door!
Points against her on the scoring:
single mom
rural
butchering or owning firearms
Those are enough to make her guilty
before the investigation even starts!
Yet you are just NOW discovering that
this kind of crap is absurd??
Ya see now why I think a lot of caseworkers
are vegetarian city living kook liberals?
