A Defence of Eugenics

[commonpeople]

I stopped at the supermarket on my way home. Coming out, I nearly tripped over a toddler. Her father, a curly-haired figure with beady eyes and a five-o'clock shadow, apologised for her. I said it was no problem and fell behind them. When the little girl turned the wrong corner, her father said "come over here, you stupid cow

Comments

[dawnkitten]

Jesus ... I'd have been tempted to grab her and run. Things like that make me so sad- some people should just not be allowed to breed. She's young enough now to not know what he's saying ...but 5/10 years down that's likely to be one unhappy girl

[commonpeople]

Yup, she had no idea what the words meant. But they were said harshly, so there was still that implicit threat, ya know? Very gross. I don't know what to do in these situations. Follow him? Call the police? Find out where he lives?

[desayuno_ingles]

None of these things. Scary!

[amanda_mary]

Oh my. This makes me feel like an awesome parent. It also makes me feel like smuggling that little girl out of the country :-(

[commonpeople]

You are in so different leagues - universes even - it's not even comparable. If only I was a scarier and more intimidating person in real life, who could stop the guy and give him some words. :-/

[margotmetroland]

Horrible.

[commonpeople]

Hopefully she has a mother at home that counteracts that asshole, that might leave him one day (soon.)

[anonymous]

Classy