Belgium Turns the Corner toward Stewardship

It headlined as quiet news - Belgium's decision to allow entry into homes where individuals with deportation orders are harboring in place.  It is an excellent enforcement decision.  And an attempt to flank the legislation as a "human rights" issue should be ignored.

 https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/belgium-allow-home-searches-suspected-070717356.html

There is nothing cruel about this decision.  It is an administrative function of a government which  rightly prioritizes the well-being and safety of taxpaying citizens.  And as quiet signal, seeks to preserve the fabric of Western civilization.

The nuances of government administration are mirrored in another great institution - that of the established home.  Because it is as a child in the home, the healthy parent also performs as the steward for the well-being, education, and safety of the child.

I have poignant memories of how my father dealt with six fun-loving and rambunctious children. One particular memory is when there were still just five siblings.  I cannot remember exactly what was the crime of the moment - because we all had vivid imaginations - but all five of us hid behind the sofa. Giggling, of course.   None of us would rat out our sibling and all of us denied being the culprit.  One-by-one, my father pulled each of us out and popped his belt across our buttocks.  Was this a human rights violation?  Nope. It was just an introduction to the greater world  which would be experienced beyond our home as we matured. There was no coddling of the budding criminals. The popping of the belt with the exaggerated sounds of our shrieks taught us about boundaries.

The stable home is meant to work in tandem with the stable state.  There is a harmony between the two. The gentle patriarchy of  state stewardship also supports the (much needed) patriarch in the home. The state is the mirror which reflects what it wants the home to be: stable, ordered, productive... law-abiding.  And just as the home prepares us to live under the national roof, the national roof provides the harmony, the political climate, and the order which is needed for the home to function properly. Homes teach initial boundaries to the children.  The state then extends the education of boundaries to teach the adult citizen. This is not accomplished with little chats.  It is accomplished with thoughtfully considered suites of laws which understand boundaries.  Belgium, has pursued the thoughtful considerations.

Spain and France... England... continue to punch holes in the national roof with their organized crime of human trafficking. They have destroyed the national boundaries which have now destroyed the boundaries in the homes and has their own citizens rampaging and rising up against them in the streets. The states have introduced too many uneducated, linguistically illiterate, Western-hating foster children into their homes.  The  bloodlines are revolting.

Let me let you in on a little secret.  It is o.k. to pull the kids out from behind the sofa one at a time and to restore harmony to your nations.  Do not allow shame-ridden narratives to destroy the harmony.  Begin to firmly speak as the gentle patriarch - the stewards of your nation.  And then with necessary gentleness, remove the sofa and expose the crime.

Thank you, Daddy - for teaching me boundaries with generous doses of love - and a few necessary licks from the belt.