Comments | rickharold: I think I need a drink

rickharold

I think I need a drink

Jul 25, 2005 12:05

A Mike's sounds really good now...hmm...maybe I should remedy that later tonight ( Read more... )

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mrpenn July 26 2005, 05:34:21 UTC

There is no trade involved? The trade is made when the parents make the concious choice to birth the child. They are trading value to get value.
The choice to have the child in the first place was the voluntary act.

Yeah but.... rickharold July 26 2005, 06:25:50 UTC

What if the parents were using contraceptives? What if the mother was raped?

Re: Yeah but.... mrpenn July 26 2005, 12:59:12 UTC

They still made the choice to give birth to the child or to not give the child up for adoption.

ericlester July 26 2005, 18:38:44 UTC

First a literary note, "(except at their disgression). " I believe the word you meant was discretion ( ... )

ericlester July 26 2005, 18:40:58 UTC

Also a couple of thoughts tying to our earlier discussion on abortion.

A fetus is physically living off the mother's body like a parasite.

An infant is a seperate entity no longer forcing anyone to do anything for it.