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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Solon who wrote (78806)11/8/2003 9:13:29 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
<<"Seems she did question the wisdom of allowing a crippled child to live if the parents wanted a PBA, and that she saw the death of a crying baby smothered by its mother in an extreme situation (war)as justifiable.">>

For the record, what I did was:

Question the wisdom of crippling the mother to save a hopeless fetus.

State that I could not find fault with a mother choosing to smother a baby under those circumstances.

In the first case, it seems obvious to me that one tragedy is better than two tragedies. If the mother wants to incur the risk, however, I would not stop her (whatever the cost to the taxpayers), but neither should we shouldn't force her to endure two tragedies when the second one is pointless.

In the second case, even Jewel recognizes the nobility of making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of one's fellows. If the woman killed herself to save the group, say it was her uncontrollable cries of pain that would result in disclosure of the group, we would think her a hero. The baby cannot make that decision. The baby has no comprehension of what's going on. Parents make life and death decisions for their children all the time. In effect, she is committing suicide on the baby's behalf. The baby is going to die either way. I think the mother's act is a tragedy, a horrible but noble tragedy.
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