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Originally posted by trask43:
They struck me as the kind of parents who were oblivious to what their kids were doing as long as they kept their status and their kids were doing nothing that would bring shame on them they were happy.

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Originally posted by RocketJock:
In reply, Galileo lit a candle, and asked his questioner to hold his hand in the flame for a count of ten. When the questioner refused, Galileo pointed out that the inquisition had much worse tortures available.

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Simon's father made it very clear when he picked him up from the police station that he would not risk his position to help his son or his daughter if the need arose. Speaking as a parent I can safely say that any parent that would not risk everything to insure their child was safe is not a parent at all and not worthy of anything but contempt.

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Originally posted by Drakon:

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Simon's father made it very clear when he picked him up from the police station that he would not risk his position to help his son or his daughter if the need arose. Speaking as a parent I can safely say that any parent that would not risk everything to insure their child was safe is not a parent at all and not worthy of anything but contempt.

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Was it status, or his life?

Sometimes the two get tangled. Drop one of these citified dandies on a frontier world, without their status, or servants, or wealth, they'd die before sundown. Sometimes that is the only thing that keeps them alive is the fact they stay in their place in their own society.

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Originally posted by SouthernMerc:
Here's a thought:

What if the parents KNEW all about River's predicament, yet trying to remove her from that situation, even just asking about it, would cause the gov't to come crashing down on not only them, but their family and possibly friends. They couldn't openly go after their daughter, because more was at stake than one person's life. But they COULD make their son, who loves his sister more than his own life and everything in it. "Make" isn't the right word. Manipulate is closer, but there could be love and concern in it. By letting him go after her, and with reverse psychology egg him on, they remove themselves and any friends or family from harm's way. When Simon was caught in a blackout zone and his father had to bail him out, it created the perfect excuse to cut him completely loose and sever any connections to him. All he would have to do, since the Alliance undoubtably recorded the whole conversation, is berate him and say "you're on your own."

This would also serve to ensure their daughter is rescued from such a horrible fate. Since the son is cut off from the family, he wouldn't jepordaize himself or his sister by trying to come back or contact the family. They would know since they were both fugitives that they had gotten out. They couldn't know they were safe, but they would have the comfort of knowing that their daughter would at least have a chance away from the terrible place they sent her.

Any thoughts on this?
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