SC - exposure of children
Alderton, Philippa
phlip at morganco.net
Wed Jul 7 09:02:48 PDT 1999
"Exposure of children" is a polite phrase describing taking an unwanted
child (female, too many other kids, deformed, bastard, politically
undesirable bloodlines, whatever) and leaving it out in the woods to die
without shedding its blood, shedding the blood of a relative being an
undesirable thing in most cultures.
We do it today when we abandon cats and dogs, puppies and kittens, or find
the odd baby stuffed in a dumpster.
There is always the "possibility" of rescue, which salves some folks'
fragile consciences. The theme of abandoned children being rescued is a very
important one across many of our cultures- look at Moses and Romulus and
Remus, for example.
Phlip
phlip at morganco.net
Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio
The World's Need
So many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being kind
Is all this sad world needs.
- - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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