Comments on: The Most Merciful Thing http://blog.emptybeanie.com/2008/06/the-most-merciful-thing/ Human Failure Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kevin http://blog.emptybeanie.com/2008/06/the-most-merciful-thing/#comment-298 Kevin Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:26:10 +0000 http://blog.emptybeanie.com/?p=28#comment-298 reredrum.... you get the idea....don't you? reredrum…. you get the idea….don’t you?

]]> By: Sota http://blog.emptybeanie.com/2008/06/the-most-merciful-thing/#comment-133 Sota Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:48:27 +0000 http://blog.emptybeanie.com/?p=28#comment-133 When it comes to this debate, I often wonder if children should, at any time, be allowed to decide if they could "abort" their parents. Let's say, for instance, that parents of a child decide to abort a sibling of that child. Should the surviving child then be allowed to terminate the life of the parents whenever it becomes more convenient for that child to have parents out of the picture? Or, for that matter, should I be allowed to "abort" someone I don't like just because their parents didn't have the foresight to know that their child would someday be an inconvenience to me? Why is it that the mother's convenience is the only one that matters? Isn't my convenience as important as hers? A random game of choice becomes much more interesting when everyone who plays has something to lose. The debate becomes much more interesting in this scenario. If you enter the ring, it should be a cage match. When it comes to this debate, I often wonder if children should, at any time, be allowed to decide if they could “abort” their parents.

Let’s say, for instance, that parents of a child decide to abort a sibling of that child. Should the surviving child then be allowed to terminate the life of the parents whenever it becomes more convenient for that child to have parents out of the picture?

Or, for that matter, should I be allowed to “abort” someone I don’t like just because their parents didn’t have the foresight to know that their child would someday be an inconvenience to me? Why is it that the mother’s convenience is the only one that matters? Isn’t my convenience as important as hers?

A random game of choice becomes much more interesting when everyone who plays has something to lose. The debate becomes much more interesting in this scenario.

If you enter the ring, it should be a cage match.

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