Seventeen Children

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Lotsa mojo for CP on this one. I didn't write on it earlier, because I needed to reserve my brain cells for a paper I'm writing.

But, all I kept thinking is that as long as no one is being abused, then there's just not much we can say or do about it. Personally, it's nothing I would choose for myself but that's only given my experiences. I can't put myself in their shoes, because all that's doing is putting myself into a situation in which I, product of my experiences, would be unhappy. While I haven't seen any documentaries or read any other articles than the one linked at the top, I'd loathe myself to be judgmental to someone's else's life decision that seems to bring no harm. I'd be just as bad (my opinion) as those who believe that being homosexual is wrong.

It all boils down to being a matter of opinion, and mine is to be in a constant state of flux and to have a belief that I cannot know and therefore cannot judge.

The older children who appear to be "stuck watching the younger ones" will get their experiences, as well as the younger ones. Maybe not as soon as many of us did, but inevitably they will, living in the U.S. They're only 17, after all - there's still a lot of time left for them on this planet.