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Not at all. It was my fault for reacting when tired and someone stepped on a raw nerve.

Maybe this will seem odd too, since I have enough of a grasp of statistical theory to be dangerous. You're illustrating the same basic idea as I present in the article. In a large population, you can expect a variation in the reaction to a particular phenomenon -- in the article to grotesque and oppressive political corruption, and in your example to someone stepping on a nerve. One also sees a variation in reaction over time. That is, people who responded passively and patiently one day, can get angry and strike back the next. Put enough pressure on enough people for long enough, and you're assured a violent reaction. That's just as much a fact of life as breathing. The way Nazis and Commies handled that problem is exactly the way it's being handled now in the US child support system. If they resist, hit 'em harder.

You probably didn't listen to the NPR broadcast on child support yesterday. A representative from the Office of Child Support Enforcement was on explaining that the policy of arresting wealthy fathers and advertising the arrests was intended to make examples of them to intimidate the other fathers. That's a pile of Nazi - Commie crud as well, and certainly not allowed by the Constitution. (I know that for a fact.)

So what we have here are people in government positions who are not acting within the law. They're breaking all the rules, not just some of them. What do we owe them in return?

I don't know what else I can add. You cannot legislate a change of heart. Moses learned that 5,000 years ago. Unless or until those involved in divorce can put aside their differences in the interests of what is truly best for the child(ren) and each other, I can't see any resolution. Nor, apparently, can you or DonJoe or you would have asked for support for an idea or solution from those who I believe you know would help anyone in trouble. I can get behind an idea, I can be a voice for reason. I can't help someone who is yet so angry, he would bite the hand that would help.

My lapse into juvenile name calling is a far cry from pulling out a gun and shooting it at someone and so is sending eight police officers to request the honor of the presence of the man in the article.

For those of us who worked within the system, had no personal agenda of revenge, truly wanted what was best for everyone, and the system worked, I don't know why you or anyone else would expect us to be aware of problems in another jurisdiction. Maybe in Michigan, my solutions wouldn't work. Maybe in New York, they would. I only know what my experience has been, and I speak from that perspective.