@[email protected] to Everett True [email protected] • 6 months agoEverett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1159
arrow-up1159imageEverett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)lemmy.world@[email protected] to Everett True [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square24fedilink
Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original. Found on the Library of Congress site.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoBut isn’t beating someone up also a violation of their rights?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•6 months agoKids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoIn this case, the rights refer to the adult who “owned” them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 months agoRight, hence him saying ‘I know I haven’t any right to do this’. He was infringing on their rights, with them not present to object.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-26 months agoYes, and he’s also infringing on their rights when he beats them up, yet has no problem with it.
But isn’t beating someone up also a violation of their rights?
Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.
In this case, the rights refer to the adult who “owned” them.
Right, hence him saying ‘I know I haven’t any right to do this’. He was infringing on their rights, with them not present to object.
Yes, and he’s also infringing on their rights when he beats them up, yet has no problem with it.