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[Ian Batten]

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> Again, i emphasise- there are always edge cases - to steal a  
> computing term - but for the majority of parents with the majority  
> of kids with the majority of procedures, the parents have the say-so  
> and that's that.

Your insight boils down to `simple cases are simple'.  No shit.

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> Now, if you _really_ wanted to stymy my argument, you should start  
> talking about divorced parents with shared (or, worse, unclear)  
> custody..... :D

Quite so.  And those were the scenarios I had planned for next time.   
Throw in parents of different nationalities for extra credit.  My  
point: ``hard cases are hard''.

ian