"OoRah - I agree with you, however, is it okay for a child to be born of a crack whore, who is going to suffer a life of pain, hunger, abuse, beating, starvation, perhaps drug abuse, perhaps sexual abuse, to die, in a closet somewhere cause noone noticed? Is that preferable to being aborted prior to being born? Help me out here." - LIT
LIT, I am confused by your post. With what part of my post are you agreeing, since it appears to me you have maintained your original stance... the stance which prompted my comments in the first place?
Are you agreeing with my 9:36pm retort to MONEYWAR?
I'm no detective... yet I have to wonder how frequent your above scenario would be. A heavily addicted mother keeping her kid in a closet, etc.? More likely, the kid is abandoned... sent to live with a relative/friend or turned over to the state.
If you were that small child would you want a chance at life? Wouldn't you, too, want to be able to love, to experience what this life affords you?
Again, for others to deem a life unfulfilling or somehow not "liveable" ... and to kill that person out of a version of "mercy" is, to me, a wrong thing to do.
I know this is but one shining example, but consider Dave Thomas (Wendy's) en.wikipedia.org(American_businessman)
"He was raised by two adoptive parents, Rex and Auleva Thomas,[citation needed] who were from Lebanon and never knew or met either of his birth parents. He would become a well-known advocate for adoption, founding the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992. At a young age, he spent much time with his grandmother Minnie Sinclair, whom he credits with teaching him the importance of helping and treating others well and with respect, lessons that helped him in his future business life.[citation needed] Thomas did not graduate from high school until later in his adult life, when he obtained a GED."
No mention of drug usage, admittedly, but here's a guy who was dealt what was a pretty bleak hand... didn't have an education... and was able to overcome those obstacles.
