Many years ago my mother opined that parents should have the right to revoke their children’s birth up to age 18 or high school graduation, whichever is later. I’m sure she was thinking about my two younger brothers.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
