This movie did make me think about the decisions that are made in cases like this. There are often conflicts between what is the morally right thing to do and what is legally right. Unfortunately the choices we are forced to make sometimes have negative outcomes. But that doesn't mean it wasn't the right choice.
And getting DCFS involved most likely wouldn't have changed anything. In the majority of cases, DCFS opts to "keep the family unit intact." I can recall more than a couple of cases in which they placed a child back into the home only to wind up with the kid dying and everyone in an uproar over their decision.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling that thinks that nothing is worth fighting for is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. - John Stuart Mill
When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade and open up a stand.
They'll only cite you for selling without a permit.  |