Taylor (imported) wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:14 pm It gives a whole new meaning to, "I want my baby-back ribs!"

Ok, that was bad but I couldn't resist. If It weren't for dark humor (and antidepressants) I'd bawl my eyes out over this story.

A-1 (imported) wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:50 pm Taylor,

It makes one take pause and consider if it is not better for a woman to abort than to allow her no alternative but to have the baby and after a time become so frustrated with her situation that she sticks it into a microwave oven, huh?

Some may not see the difference, but the microwaving of the BABY was a choice, also. It was a choice made with a real, live child, one that was capable of living without the support of a placenta, but not without the support of a loving parent.

Infanticide is not a new concept. It has existed for years. In some cultures female babies are killed while male babies are allowed to live.

...is Western civilization superior to these cultures? Apparently not... judging from this story... our religion and our cultural mores did not deter her, did they? :shakemitk

...when you look at humanity from the standpoint that God must have, I mean to be capable of forgiving a person who did this, then you begin to understand humanity, and you begin to understand unconditional love and forgiveness.

At that point, then you begin to understand how these things can be prevented by accepting humanity for it's frailties and weaknesses and you are better able to recognize the trouble signals because you are no longer in denial about the nature of humankind and you understand that you must allow people the room to commit lesser sins, to sin, and to seek forgiveness and to mature and to progress so that they are better able to keep themselves from becoming so desperate, so angry, so horrible.

We are all made of the same stuff. We are all human. We are all capable of this kind of brutality. WE are all, except for the grace of God, no better than she is...

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:19 am Wow, this is one of the most powerful posts I have ever read here.

A-1 (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:59 am I have a hard time with it being AT Christmastime when it happend 15 months ago...

Why did they have to wait 15 months?