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LOS ANGELES - Where is the unlimited supply of diapers, formula and baby wipes? The free van? The brand-new house?
Women who give birth to six, seven or eight babies are often showered with dazzling gifts from big corporations, local businesses and strangers. But that is not happening with the Southern California mother who delivered octuplets last week.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29002731/?gt1=43001
People need to learn to mind their own damn business.
I'm completely baffled by the responses to this. Perhaps it's because I don't fully comprehend the origin of people's sense of entitlement. Any ideas?
What's your take?
John Scott
02-03-2009, 07:26 PM
I was similarly shocked by a video on YouTube about this where a young, self-righteous Liberal woman was expressing outrage at the mother. Her argument was the mother had a moral obligation to abort the children because of the "overpopulation crisis" we face.
We live in a collectivist society. People feel that that entitles them to impose their own morality on others.
I say live and let live.
kerrin
02-03-2009, 07:51 PM
This "outrage" strikes me as self-righteous and arrogant. I agree with John.
I say more power to 'em! I don't think I personally could handle that many kids. I'm trying hard not to screw up the four I have. ;)
For some reason this reminded me of a story I read the other day where a women was steralised at age 27 "to reduce her carbon footprint" (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-495495/Meet-women-wont-babies--theyre-eco-friendly.html)
Her argument was the mother had a moral obligation to abort the children because of the "overpopulation crisis" we face.
Ignorant wench.
We live in a collectivist society. People feel that that entitles them to impose their own morality on others.
Do you believe it is possible to function/thrive in a society completely devoid of collectivist tendencies?
John Scott
02-03-2009, 08:58 PM
For some reason this reminded me of a story I read the other day where a women was steralised at age 27 "to reduce her carbon footprint" (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-495495/Meet-women-wont-babies--theyre-eco-friendly.html)
Torn between two emotions here. First, it's tragic that she aborted a child just to "save the planet".
Second, I'm somewhat relieved to know this quack won't be producing.
John Scott
02-03-2009, 09:05 PM
Do you believe it is possible to function/thrive in a society completely devoid of collectivist tendencies?
No, and it's not an ideal I would strive towards. Collectivism is awesome on a non-coercive level. When people boycott a company - as opposed to using coercive government to achieve their means - it is collectivism without the coercion.
That's what we should strive for.
kerrin
02-03-2009, 09:17 PM
Torn between two emotions here. First, it's tragic that she aborted a child just to "save the planet".
Second, I'm somewhat relieved to know this quack won't be producing.
Well said. The best I can think of her is that she was duped by the environmental propaganda.