3250 The Caucasian Curse - Call In Show - April 1st, 2016

Question 1: [2:02] - “I am a parent of an incredibly bright and sociable 4-year-old boy. My wife and I live with our boy and his newborn little brother on a rural property owned by my wife's parents, and there is a large adjoining house next to ours with a family of 6 in it. They seem like lovely people and their two younger daughters are of similar age to our son, so he has become quite enamored with them and loves to play with them on the trampoline with them and talks about them a lot.”“We've noticed manipulative behaviour from the girls and so have recently capped the amount he can play with them. We've also made sure he plays within earshot of us as a number of times early on we lost sight of him and found him watching violent cartoons with the girls. We have often heard the father next door yelling quite angrily at the girls, and tonight I have overheard a rather disturbing and long screaming match happening next door. I am feeling like I need to speak to the parents next door or maybe stop my child playing with their younger girls.”“I'm a little lost for what to do. I do want to foster a neighborly relationship, and I don't want to punish the young girls next door by taking away their playfriend, but I am concerned that through the girls my son is being exposed to a culture that is abusive. I am interested to hear your thoughts on how to deal with possibly abusive neighbours and how to protect our son without creating further conflict or abandoning potentially abused children.”Question 2: [55:33] - “As a naturalized American citizen with secular upbringing, and a religious adult past, I am currently in a relationship which is the longest and most stable I have ever had, but I am wondering if it is time to end it because I feel painfully dissatisfied. She treats me well, but the relationship seems to lack a few key elements for me. Most of the romantic relationships in my life have been minimally abusive at best, and significantly abusive at worst, and I am seeking the correct path here?”Question 3: [1:47:47] - “Is it okay to be manipulative as long as you know that your end goal will benefit the person you are manipulating? What if you think that the end goal is good, but it accidentally has a negative effect on others? Is intention the only factor that gives a manipulative act a moral tint, or is it outcome?”Question 4: [2:09:22] - “What do you think about creating a movement to form a free society completely outside of any existing government? How viable is it to bring people together from all around the world online and then focus that energy into actually creating a free society with land purchased or somehow obtained contractually from an existing country? What would you see as the major challenges?”