Another Common Sense Deficiency

It seems that the ability to apply a little common sense is severely lacking in this country. A couple of days ago an airline prevented an eight-year-old boy from flying home because his very common name was on the TSA's no-fly list. Yesterday Michael Fekete was arrested in Massachusetts for "stuffing" his two young daughters into the trunk of his car. Read the AP report here and watch the MyFoxBoston.com video here.

Creates a horrible image in your mind doesn't it? A father stuffing his nine- and eleven-year-old daughters in the trunk, slamming the lid shut and driving off in 90 degree heat. Except that it didn't happen that way. Fekete says that it was just a game. He says that the girls were curious about whether the light in the trunk turns off when the lid is closed and wanted to get inside to find out. The girls crawled inside on their own and he held the lid closed without locking it for a few seconds and then let them out. A witness, probably the one that called the cops, admitted that after closing the lid on the children he let them out and put them in the back seat.

But because of this harmless little experiment the children were taken from Fekete and he has to appear in court in Massachusetts. What is this world coming to? What kind of person calls the police over an incident like this? Parents now must watch their backs anytime they appear in public with their children. They can't just depend on their own judgment, they have to consider the judgment of all those around them.

What law was broken that allowed the police to arrest Fekete? Probably child endangerment -- another of those laws that mean whatever the 'authorities' want it to mean at any given time. Is transporting the children in a car from Washington DC to Massachusetts not child endangerment?

Why didn't the policeman on the scene just let Fekete go after seeing how harmless the incident was? Probably to cover his ass. The person who reported the incident would most likely make trouble for him if he didn't make an arrest.

We are headed toward a nanny state. Not only does government want to look after you, it wants to raise your children too. How long will it be before every parent has to periodically deliver their children to some 'authority' for an evaluation of their progress and the parents' child-rearing abilities? How long before 'authorities' will periodically examine your home to see if it meets their standards? I'm sure Mr Fekete will be subjected to that for several years now.

How long before our free an open society is in the toilet?

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