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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > > Well, it's rude to back out of the deal I suppose, but at the same time, if • you
> > > can get a little cash out of it and send the kid to a better family, then why
> > > not?
> >
> > But how did the mother know it was a "better family"?
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> > > > Pity for the US family involved (The Allens):
> > >
> > > It is a shame when your past crimes haunt you.
> > >
> > > > “Mrs Allen was an unfit mother because she had an old conviction
> > > > for embezzlement.”
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> > Fun aside, I have no way of knowing if the embezzlement charge is true or
> > relevant.
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> Well, I think it's better that it be up to the people involved, rather than
> some strange bystander (you),
or you?
> to determine what a "better" family is. Some
> people think that a religious family would be an important ingredient in "good"
> or "better" but I don't.
Me neither. Some religious values are *good* though.
> So if I were to give/sell a baby,
Should one have the right to buy and sell humans - is that not akin to slavery?
> I wouldn't want
> those other people applying their philosophy to my life.
If one does not want a baby, once born, why should they be able to choose
where it ends?
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> You and I don't know what the embezzlement charge is or even if it is
> completely made up.
I do not even know what constitutes "embezzlement" in US law.
> But (I guess unlike you) I trust people to use their sense
> and wisdom every day.
Indeed.
Scott A
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