I always find myself bothered by or in conflict with people (or groups) that seek to lay down moral imperitives for others, based on their own strongly held beliefs. I tend to refer to them as single issue bigots – but you get the general idea.The list is endless from smoking through abortions to discrimination.
Where you find yourself bothered b people that seek to lay down moral imperitives, i feel the same way that even though you havent experienced it you seem to feel strongly about the pro side where some feel strongly on the anti. And to call someone a bigot for feeling the opposite to you seems BIGOTED to me. There will alwas be someone to argue both sides but you cant condem them for it. Everyone has a right to their say, if we all agreed how boring life would be. See both sides open your mind a little.
It disturbed me too Becky.. but, the more I read I realised there was so much more to situations like this and they should be based on their own merit.
and to quote PB:
“So many people suffer for those who parade the vanity of their high minded ethics / morals and seek to impose their beliefs on the individual from a distance”.
Which is what I did initially, although, I still do worry about the kind of precedent it sets. I am thinking too… as you are, if in the future, surgery benefits someone other than the person it is performed on without their consent… is it right or wrong?
So many things medically are questioned. We could be here all day covering them. Weather i think some are right or wrong it is all my opinion BUT i am not in their shoes thank god so really my opinions are fact based rather than experience.
I read the BBC news page and a few things disturbed me. I read all reasons the parents said to why they want her uterus, breast buds and apendix removed:
Uterus=She will never bear children and they think its a good idea INCASE she is sexually abused????? Why would she be they say they care for her 24/7!
Breast buds=So she suffers now discomfort while sleeping and again sexual abuse?!?!?!
Also her weight being kept down (read on fathers blog) because she is too big for her buggy? Get a wheelchair. She is easier to carry around and make it possible to do family activities. I didnt see much defence on this being good for her other than periods are uncomfortable for any woman and any mentalally disabled woman but the dont stop all womens (who are disabled). So to me the reasons why mean ALL disabled women should have their growt stopped, breast buds removed, uterus remover, apendix removed all because its better for them. Now all those operations they put her through must feel worse than a 5 day period! Give her the depo injection to stop periods? Why such drastic measures?
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