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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mindcore,Dec 30 2004, 07:25 PM
Good for you, putting a kid to sleep that you have never met, never conversed with.. her life won't be easy, no one is disputing that, But its not your kid, you couldn't even imagine what it would be like to consider killing your child.
But some annonymous kid on the net, its sure easy to say. It took everything I had to destroy my dieing dog.. but naw, that kid will have hardships, just kill her off. Shocks me

I get where you're coming from, but read through 6 pages of that crap on the BMW site, its not hard to pick a side
well i know what you mean of course.. but thats beyond the normal handicap... way beyond.. jus imagine her life if she ever does get to the point of being reconstructed... being constantly laughed at... pointed at.. teased.. she would want to kill herself at that point... i jus think its like setting her up for torture...

I didnt read anything on the bmw site.. other than the first post.. but... well.. no use argueing.
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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putting her to sleep is the easy way out. everyone is born and placed on this earth for a reason, the question is what is that reason?

you can't deprive her of life, you just have to accept her troubles now.

look at how many families raise children who are mentally challenged. its almost the save thing, but those families dont even question to take their child's life, they accept it and make the best of it.
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Guedo512,Dec 30 2004, 07:50 PM
look at how many families raise children who are mentally challenged. its almost the save thing, but those families dont even question to take their child's life, they accept it and make the best of it.
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by beanolo,Dec 31 2004, 03:12 AM
i would consider putting her to sleep. dont know know how she could live a happy life.. not to mention a 'normal' life.
I am no asshole, but I agree. I don't think it is right to have her go on. Everyone has their own view on this, just because you don't agree with someone doesn't mean you are right (or wrong).
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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Guedo512,Dec 31 2004, 03:50 AM
putting her to sleep is the easy way out. everyone is born and placed on this earth for a reason, the question is what is that reason?

you can't deprive her of life, you just have to accept her troubles now.

look at how many families raise children who are mentally challenged. its almost the save thing, but those families dont even question to take their child's life, they accept it and make the best of it.
Yea, everyone is here for a reason.. well, only if you believe in that kind of jibba jabba.

Anyway, I think it's just cruel to have her live, while others will think it's cruel to not have her live.

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Old Dec 30, 2004 | 11:39 PM
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well at least someone agrees

mentally retarded or something of course I would say let her live.. and deal with it... life goes on... but seriously... this girl has absolutely no face... no eyes.. can't talk without the upper jaw... its a mess...
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 12:03 AM
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very sad no words to describe
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 12:04 AM
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"WOW"
Where do I start..I am a mother of a 2 year old son. To God's grace we were blessed with a healthy child. I honestly dont know what is worse....
"Raising a child with no face"
"Or dealing with the death of your child"
There are so many different theories, and opinions on this.

I just want to ask all of you, if it was your child...... how could you live raising your child like that, or live not raising your child?
They obviously love their daughter and want her to be a part of their lives so they are doing what they can to help her. Why deprive the child a life because of a dissability? Its like telling the child "Its your fault you were born this way".
AND ITS NOT!


-To the people that think its bad cus they will have to deal with teasing, and critisism.
Maybe you should look in the mirror, and before you critizise another person, see whats wrong with yourself.

All in all- If my child was the one making fun of this child, I would be very dissapointed in my son. And perhaps the way I raised him.

"She may not have a face, instead she has a heart of the ocean."

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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by BBY2KS2Kfan,Dec 31 2004, 01:04 AM
I just want to ask all of you, if it was your child...... how could you live raising your child like that, or live not raising your child?
They obviously love their daughter and want her to be a part of their lives so they are doing what they can to help her. Why deprive the child a life because of a dissability? Its like telling the child "Its your fault you were born this way".
AND ITS NOT!
Hmm.. I guess the opinions here are pretty black and white... its either one way or the other.

In response to your questions,

"How could you live raising your child like that, or live not raising your child?"

How could I live raising my child with no face basically living her entire life in the hospital constantly looking forward to her next surgery? Hmm.. yea that would be tough for me... I can't imagine how she would feel. I'm quite sure I could live without tormenting my child in a lifelong process of surgeries.

"Why deprive the child a life because of a dissability?"

This is beyond dissability. Why would you deprive your child from a normal life? In her case she will probably be going through surgeries for her entire childhood and possibly teenage years and most likely live in the hospital strapped to a bed, with bandages around her face. Yea.. thats something for her to look forward to for 20 some years.

Don't assume that I'm jus an ass as well who would jus dump my child because it came out wrong. Coma, mentally challenged, siamese twins, whatever, keep it. But this case I just see it as a lifelong torture for the child, as well as the parents. They also have the risk of her dying during all the surgeries as well... thats always possible with her not having the proper bone structure for brain/what not...
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 11:38 AM
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another callous asshole speaking up:

This post on e46fanatics pretty much sums it up:
I can't believe they're groveling for money. What the hell good is money going to do for that kid? Her life is ruined forever, because of the ed up society we live in. Noone will ever love her besides her parents, she'll never be given a job or anything due to discrimination she'll face, and she won't have any friends. She'll have nothing. It's a life of misery. They ought to have killed her the minute she came out of the womb like that. I know that'd be horrible, but come on. That kid has nothing but trainwreck after trainwreck ahead of her, and killing her would be doing her a favor.

Yes, I'm an asshole. But I'm right. Send your money someplace useful, like to a widowed mother who didn't get life insurance when her husband died, leaving her with a newborn with the potential to live a normal healthy productive life, but no money to support her. Send it to the people who got laid off from excellent jobs and couldn't get new ones despite marketable skills, who can't afford to feed their kids because their unemployment sent them into huge amounts of debt. Send it to me. Sending it to them isn't going to do a damn thing except make a doctor richer and cause that kid more pain and suffering.
I know it's not my child. But to me, sending this child through 40+ surgeries in the hopes she comes out right at the end is a very selfish thing to do on the part of the parents. Their child will never be "normal", she'll never have the normal childhood, the normal education, first date, first kiss, driving, prom, college, first job, etc. She'll have "the next surgery, maybe this one will allow her to eat through her mouth". The starving homeless man on the corner is more deserving of your sympathy and help.

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