Wednesday, 28 February 2007

Unwed Mothers

The petition is entitled stop benefits to unwed mothers and the explanatory notes say
"unless the said mother names the father and he assists in the support of the bastard child,(let us for a change use the proper name)the mother should have no right to benefits."

Wow! Someone alert the Time Police and the scientists! We have a genuine time-traveller from the 19th Century here! We must find out how he's done it! (Why am I assuming he? I don't know.)

Let's point out the most particularly special form of injustice here: the mother and most especially the child is punished if, even though the father has been named and identified, he won't pay up. What a great idea!

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