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Dave Brown: Debtors' Prisons Return
posted by Scott on Monday March 18, @11:21PM
from the news dept.
News SJones writes "The Ottawa Citizen has run an article detailing how men are being thrown into debtors prisons in the name of feminism and crushing those 'dead beat dads.' The article is here." The author of this article is, once again, Dave Brown. Brown continues to confront issues that no one else wants to address, and he deserves a lot of support for the flak he must take on a continual basis. His e-mail is: dbrown@thecitizen.southam.ca.

Souce: The Ottawa Citizen [Canadian newspaper]

Title: The booming return of debtors' prisons

Author: Dave Brown

Date: March 16, 2002

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Dave Brown (Score:1)
by AFG (afg2112@yahoo.ca) on Tuesday March 19, @12:18AM EST (#2)
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Dave Brown is on a roll! He really is doing a great job exposing some of the injustices that are going on right here in Ontario. I've just emailed him to say thanks.

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Re:Dave Brown (Score:1)
by Mars on Tuesday March 19, @08:39PM EST (#10)
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I'm in the U.S. but I've avoided becoming a parent, on account of the zeal of femmunist bureaucrats from the family court, who must derive some sick sadistic sexual pleasure from arbitrarily ruining men's lives (that the sadisim is directed against a particular gender is my ample justification for calling it sexual). The thought of the government telling me how much I should earn if I made what they consider "more effort" is chilling.

I've told the story before about a woman I once spoke with who worked with the family court system. I mentioned that I was not getting married or having children until the laws were changed; I didn't want to risk the possibility, no matter how slight, of becoming a deadbeat dad criminal on the whim of the family court if for some reason I became unable to support my family. Fathrhood is virtually uncontitional in the nited States. Her response was, "Why do you think you'll be unable to meet your obligations?" I replied that I wouldn't be bullied into becoming a parent and that there were no obligations to speak of. She was evidently disappointed to learn that I wasn't burdened with crushing financial obligations, or that I wasn't teetering on the edge of deadbeatism. She indignantly denied that she secretly wanted to criminalize fathers--I wasn't polite at this state. The presence of the debtors prisons bureaucrats like her worked hard to create gives lie to that pretence.
We are in debtor's prison, check your Visa balance (Score:1)
by dogfree_zone on Tuesday March 19, @03:39AM EST (#3)
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Up to my A in debt now. God save me from prison for it.... sorry guys...
Re:We are in debtor's prison, check your Visa bala (Score:2, Insightful)
by wiccid stepparent on Tuesday March 19, @12:19PM EST (#4)
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Me too. Most of us are. Rather than prison (which severely limits your ability to pay off your debts, IMO) they should offer some sort of credit counseling or job training to help people pay off their debts or train for a higher paying job. Help people help themselves, rather than making things worse for everyone involved.
Re:We are in debtor's prison, check your Visa bala (Score:1)
by Tony (menrights@aol.com) on Tuesday March 19, @01:40PM EST (#5)
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OR even better make it easier to reduce the support payments. Strange how people are so willing to trample men underfoot in the name of protecting women and children.
Tony H
Sent the Email (Score:1)
by Attila on Tuesday March 19, @07:20PM EST (#9)
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Done. Glad to oblige.
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