tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post116902607247344770..comments2023-07-04T10:10:25.205-04:00Comments on Apologia: Some links 'n stuffWilliam Lusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1169342562949289962007-01-20T20:22:00.000-05:002007-01-20T20:22:00.000-05:00All right! A comment from a bona fide lady philoso...All right! A comment from a bona fide lady philosopher. I'm coming up in the world.<BR/><BR/>I think Sparki does something for a Cath paper out in Nebraska. And I'm with both of you. The parents didn't "hesitate at all" because they're not convinced the thing they're dealing with is really a person, a <I>complete</I> person, rather than a pet on whom they are inclined to bestow their modern version of mercy. <BR/><BR/><I>Let's hope it doesn't become all the rage.</I><BR/>I suspect this is just the most recent incarnation of a manipulative impulse that's already the rage: in vitro, genetic screening for Downs (and for sex), ESCR, and, should this little girl's condition ever deteriorate, the removal of feeding tubes.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1169328643153549502007-01-20T16:30:00.000-05:002007-01-20T16:30:00.000-05:00Hey, Bill, I came to leave a comment, like you ask...Hey, Bill, I came to leave a comment, like you asked. (Grin.)<BR/><BR/>I see you've noted the Ashley "pillow angel" thing. I'm with Sparki (of whom I'd never heard before) all the way on this. Learned about it on Secondhand Smoke, Wesley Smith's blog. It's very bad stuff, especially as the parents are actively advertising this for other parents. One woman in the UK whose daughter as (I think I've got this right) muscular dystrophy is now pushing hard for her daughter to have an otherwise unneeded hysterectomy. That woman is very upset that she didn't get a chance to make her girl a "pillow angel" before she started growing bigger. If only the idea had occurred to her! Sheesh! And some guy who is in league with the parents is with one of these transhumanist groups and has been quoted as saying that it would be "grotesque" for Ashley to have a mature woman's body and the mind of a baby. Well, there ya' go: Severely mentally disabled people are grotesque. Let's maim their bodies to "match" their limited minds.<BR/><BR/>Worst of all, ol' mom and dad say they didn't hesitate *at all* about giving Ashley all of these surgeries and hormones. They hadn't the slightest doubts about it. Creepy indeed. Let's hope it doesn't become all the rage.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1169123476804779012007-01-18T07:31:00.000-05:002007-01-18T07:31:00.000-05:00Doh! "In us"! Of course.She did break the bank in ...Doh! "In us"! Of course.<BR/><BR/>She did break the bank in the beautiful granddaughter category.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118362963139092279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1169115429816169402007-01-18T05:17:00.000-05:002007-01-18T05:17:00.000-05:00Mother responds via email that if she'd known what...Mother responds via email that if she'd known what beautiful granddaughters I was going to give her, she'd have been nicer.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1169081715653520372007-01-17T19:55:00.000-05:002007-01-17T19:55:00.000-05:00Well, I like it. It's always good to have Guiness ...Well, <I>I</I> like it. It's always good to have Guiness in us.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1169080964580069702007-01-17T19:42:00.000-05:002007-01-17T19:42:00.000-05:00Oh, you don't know the half of it. I was raised by...Oh, you don't know the half of it. I was raised by her.<BR/><BR/>Btw, if you were her, wouldn't you be leery of accepting prescriptions from a doctor of that pedigree?William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1169080679197924402007-01-17T19:37:00.000-05:002007-01-17T19:37:00.000-05:00Here lies a fellow called TSO,Who left no instruct...Here lies a fellow called TSO,<BR/>Who left no instructions to kin or foe,<BR/>As to how we should of his body dispose,<BR/>To pour him in a bottle or dress him in his clothes - <BR/>But he probably won't care if Heaven's like Venice<BR/>with all the canals overflowing with Guinness.<BR/><BR/><I>(Yeah I know, but it tain't ez to find to think of a rhyme for Guinness!)</I>TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118362963139092279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1169080016984029242007-01-17T19:26:00.000-05:002007-01-17T19:26:00.000-05:00Cruelty thy name is mother.Cruelty thy name is mother.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118362963139092279noreply@blogger.com