🚀 go-pugleaf

This is in reference to <19981215223636...@ng-fc1.aol.com>, in which a
one tige...@aol.com (TiGeR XTM) wrote:
> *sigh* Abortion. . . I KNEW this was gonna come out of this Thanksgiving
>  thread
> sooner or later. Anyway. . .
> 
> Here's some thoughts:
> 
> 1)  What about thr right to choose, huh? Let's put this in perspective here:
> would any woman reading this want a child conceived of rape or incest? How
> about if the child is in the tube? I happen to know of a woman  who HAD to
>  have
> an abortion or die that very day. . . the fetus in the tube threatened to do
> internal damage that was beyond repair. . .  if she had kept it, like she
> wanted to (don't ask why, I have no clue) both her and her unborn would have
> died that day. What is the point of causing two deaths for a doomed principle?
> 
> 2)  Now let's say abortion IS murder. Fine. If my oldest sister had her way, I
> wouldn't be typing this now (long story). So what. Let's say a woman has an
> abortion purely for the point that she doesn't want a kid. That is wrong. Very
> wrong. Denying that child life just because you don't think you could handle
>  it
> is probably the most selfish and cowardly act a human can sink to. I think to
> satisfy everyone, all abortions should have some sort of legal hearing. 
> 
> 3) The subject of adoption. I'm sure you've heard the tales of adopted
>  children
> being problem kids who've gone on to be nothing more than thugs, right? That's
> just so untrue. Gerald Ford was adopted. That's right, former president Ford.
> Who's to say adopted children in the right hands won't grow up to be great?
>  Mr.
> Ford, for one.
> 
> 4) So let's say the child does end up a thug. Or let's say the child being
>  born
> has ADS from his mother being a smelly-ass drunk. I've seen too many unruly
> kids around. . . I think that one kid who shot those British tourists in '93
>  is
> a prime example. Let's make this whole thing simple for everyone. . . 
> 
> 5)  HAVING CHILDREN SHOULD REQUIRE A LICENSE. Let's face it: one could do more
> damage to the world mistreating and poorly raising child than one could do
>  with
> a car. Neither parenting nor driving should be done while under the influence,
> yet those with substance abuse problems have children on a daily basis. Not to
> mention they're still on the roads, here (we in Florida call them tourists).
> The ability to read is required to have a driver's licence, yet it's not to
> have a kid. You have to take tests to earn the right to be behind the wheel,
> but not to be behind your girlfriend.
> 
> Don't get me wrong. I am pro-choice, but only for the right reasons. I am also
> pro-adoption for those who have kids for all the wrong (IE stupidity) reasons.
> Being a parent is the most important job in the world. The child you're
> raising, like it or not, WILL affect the lives of countless others. Maybe we
> should stop staring angerly (is that even a word?) at abortion clinics, and
> more at those who go there for the wrong reasons. . .

The word is "angrily"...  and those are all very good ideas you have
there.  I never even thought about that thing with the car...  too bad
that if we actually tried to implement that system people would find a
loophole by going to another country to, uh, you know...  :(

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