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Tough Love
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> The Laws of the Twelve Tables in ancient Rome -- dating
> from about 450 B.C. -- permitted a father to imprison his
> children, chain them, whip them, sell them into slavery,
> or kill them. Not just when they were young. Even after
> they grew up. Even after they went into politics. Even
> after they attained high office. Nowhere else in western
> history has there been anything quite like that
> patriarchal system.
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