Rolando to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 5 months agoEverett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)imagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1154arrow-down1imageEverett True teaches a kid about gun safety (October 17, 1906)Rolando to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 5 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
Printed 118 years ago today in the Spokane Press. Image cleaned up, see the original. Found on the Library of Congress site.
minus-squareSelenilinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·5 months agoKids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.
minus-squaresamus12345linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIn this case, the rights refer to the adult who “owned” them.
minus-squareSelenilinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoRight, hence him saying ‘I know I haven’t any right to do this’. He was infringing on their rights, with them not present to object.
minus-squaresamus12345linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoYes, and he’s also infringing on their rights when he beats them up, yet has no problem with it.
Kids didn’t have rights, any more than a dog or horse or chair did. They were seen as property. Both by the law and by custom.
In this case, the rights refer to the adult who “owned” them.
Right, hence him saying ‘I know I haven’t any right to do this’. He was infringing on their rights, with them not present to object.
Yes, and he’s also infringing on their rights when he beats them up, yet has no problem with it.