Interesting articles

[weaktwos]

Genetic Secrets of Man's Best Friend Revealed. Apparently, we have more in common, genetically speaking with dogs than with mice.

Brought to you via imlac, a very interesting euthanasia case. It's a new, more conflicting "right to die" case. It's not only intriguing from the moral conflicts involved, but my goodness, this poor girl was completely and utterly screwed all her life.

Consider:
-Haleigh Poutre's stepfather beat her to a persistent vegetative state.
=Haleigh's body was covered with burns, cuts, and bruises when she was hospitalized after being beaten with a bat.
-Haleigh's mother was separated from her when she was 4 due to allegations of abuse.
=Haleigh's guardian and maternal aunt, and Strickland's(the abusive monster) wife, was shot in a murder/suicide along with Haleigh's grandmother after she (the aunt) was accused of abusing Haleigh.

For Haleigh's sake, I hope there is such a thing as reincarnation, because this little girl got sooo ripped off. And now her stepfather is trying to ensure she remains on life support so he avoids being tried for murder.

So, will the right-to-life(less) group is confronted with a conflict: allow a child to die, or let a despicable abuser get off on lesser chargers.

Comments

[sirndipiti.livejournal.com]

I can deal with the dogie dna thing -- guessing it's similar info i saw in a science newsletter

but the other tale -- yikes -- how do these things happen? it's almost lunch time here and I've lost my appetite

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

This family has to be involved in drug abouse or some mental disorders to the extreme. This is just beyond screwedup.

[imlac.livejournal.com]

See, personally when thinking about the girl I hope there is nothing, just oblivion. I don't think any sort of pleasant reincarnation or paradisical afterlife can undo the damage. Hurt like that cuts straight to the soul and simply does not go away.

As for the step-father and aunt, though, I pray for reincarnation or an afterlife. For some crimes, earthly punishment simply isn't enough.

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Well,despite the deepest hurts one might experience in life, I think there's a chance she'd want to live a life that was not as crappy as the one she got.

It's not that damage can be undone, but actually having a loving non-violent parent might be a welcome experience, if reincarnation was true.

As for the bastard that beat her, I am hoping he gets reincarnated as a sentient baseball in a batting cage venue.

I wonder if the old common saying should be retooled a bit:
Sticks and Stones may put me in a persistent vegetative state, but names will never hurt me.