• Seleni@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    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.

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        2 months ago

        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.

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          Yes, and he’s also infringing on their rights when he beats them up, yet has no problem with it.