tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post116284388702667748..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Compassionate conservatism ... at a distance.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163008883424993522006-11-08T13:01:00.000-05:002006-11-08T13:01:00.000-05:00i must say...the last two comments restored my fai...i must say...the last two comments restored my faith in mankind!! i can't believe how selfish and naive people are!! we have seven children--two with disabilities--and i couldn't imagine life without a one of them!! our one son was developing 'normally' and developed unexplained seizures at age 3.5, which caused him to be developmentally delayed. he was, what some would call, 'perfect,' then--bang!--God spoke and woke us ALL up! <BR/><BR/>our other son has down syndrome, which wasn't diagnosed until he was four months old, but he has taught us about humility and forgiveness that no amount of catechism could EVER teach!<BR/><BR/>i'll end with a quote from out 17yo daughter: "i'm tired of people saying that daniel is more like normal kids than not. why can't people say that normal kids are more like dan??' touche!<BR/><BR/>take care and GB,<BR/><BR/>moe<BR/><BR/>btw...we're obviously dealing with a very hurting individual who can't look beyond his own pain and selfishness (misery loves company?). they have a tendency to seek out and hurt those who are 'weaker'....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1162950572799155742006-11-07T20:49:00.000-05:002006-11-07T20:49:00.000-05:00Thank you, Anonymous!In an ideal world, everyone w...Thank you, Anonymous!<BR/><BR/>In an ideal world, everyone would have perfect children, and all those children would be healthy forever.<BR/><BR/>But this is reality and we actually learn and grow by challenges. But if some people like Jason don't feel they are up to the challenge, far better to give the children up for adoption than have them aborted or murdered as the U.K. medics are proposing.Joanne (True Blue)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1162936491143574492006-11-07T16:54:00.000-05:002006-11-07T16:54:00.000-05:00As a young grandmother of three little ones and on...As a young grandmother of three little ones and one more on the way, diagnosed with Down's Syndrome, I would like to add my opinoins on this subject. I do believe that life begins at the time of conception, and that we have a responsibility to that life that we bring into the world. I also know that life brings many issues and or baggage along with it, some due to our own making and some not our "fault" or choosing. But if we have the misbelief that we can plan a perfect life and that is the way it will stay, that is so much out of the realm of reality. Also out of my experience, I know first hand the pain of having a very healthy child, and that child having a serious illness that would leave him handicapped and with lots of problems, requiring full time care and supervision.<BR/>God strengthens all who ask and seek His devine wisdom, and a travesty can be turned into a blessing.<BR/>That is my experience and I know many others have had ones like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1162915467209858402006-11-07T11:04:00.000-05:002006-11-07T11:04:00.000-05:00So what exactly are you trying to say?Are you in f...So what exactly are you trying to say?<BR/><BR/>Are you in favour of terminating the life of an infant born with Down's syndrome rather than have the baby put up for adoption, if the parents feel unable to handle the responsibility?Joanne (True Blue)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445664997050698154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1162885842111025652006-11-07T02:50:00.000-05:002006-11-07T02:50:00.000-05:00Or "de-conceived".Or "de-conceived".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1162869897137619512006-11-06T22:24:00.000-05:002006-11-06T22:24:00.000-05:00Could we just reclassify all those dead soldiers i...Could we just reclassify all those dead soldiers in Iraq as late, late, late term abortions? Then they'd finally be the Democrats' fault!M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1162855323393277132006-11-06T18:22:00.000-05:002006-11-06T18:22:00.000-05:00Think about it this way:Fetuses and stem cells are...Think about it this way:<BR/>Fetuses and stem cells are pre-birth. They're about to become something wonderful, so let's make sure that it happens.<BR/>Babies, children, teenagers, adults, and seniors (especially the sick ones), are pre-death. We're not worth wasting time and energy on.<BR/><BR/>Whoa. I think I just channeled a right-wing pundit there. Someone pass the hand sanitizier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1162851832192261062006-11-06T17:23:00.000-05:002006-11-06T17:23:00.000-05:00No, those other people won't be willing to adopt d...No, those other people won't be willing to adopt disabled babies because they are too busy saving IVF blastocysts from being flushed down the toilets. This group seems to focus more on bundles of multipotent stem cells that, given the right environment, have the POTENTIAL to develop into a baby, rather than focus on the thousands of children who actually have made it out of that stem cell stage only to find themselves pushed around in a foster care system until they are 18 because no one wants a "used product". Maybe instead of obsessing about which stage of meiosis a cell becomes a human, its time to take responsibility of the children that are terminally differentiated and are capable of conscious thought. Adopt a 5 or 10 year old. <BR/><BR/>All this stuff about "killing" sick babies is ridiculous. like doctors will be going around arbitrarily killing babies. Obviously they have the medical training that will enable them to make a sound and justified decision on the baby's health or future. If science is so evil, then how come they are depending on it to keep these kids alive via ventilators etc? If it weren't for medical advances, these children wouldn't make it. In cases where the kid will be in constant pain, or have no quality of life (vegetative), and can't breathe on their own, then it is completely selfish of the parents to keep the child on a ventilator. What happens if you run out of ventilators and a kid who got in a car accident needs it? Should that kid die to keep a vegetative brain dead baby alive? Just a question.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853018112781890012noreply@blogger.com