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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (88347)	11/11/2004 10:57:40 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Sidney, I do think I was using the term "pre-ban" in a different way. What I meant is that even thought there are a few posters here who I already think are just a negative drain on Feelies because they kind of hide in the rocks ready to attack and intimidate without offering any real ideas of their own, I thought it was fair to warn everyone that this is not acceptable behavior instead of just banning them as soon as I could. Letting severely damaged babies die is a very tough and sad issue. I know that hospitals have ethics committees to try and sort out these cases, to determine the best course of action in a very difficult situation. I know as a mother that the parents of newborns are filled with incredible love for their babies, as well, and are motivated to do the right thing. Animal parents will stop feeding an infant that they sense is damaged or is such a runt that it will not be able to survive on its own. It doesn't seem like a favor to feed a child who will never be able to enjoy life in any real sense. The slippery slope is where to draw that line. On the other hand, my own personal belief is that it is wrong to do anything to an infant who is dying that causes pain, or to let an infant die without giving it appropriate comfort care. In the few cases I have heard about like this, the parents hold the baby and talk to it and have time to bond and say goodbye, and the whole process is an act of love under very difficult circumstances.