> Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Deborah Harrell wrote:
> > Debbi
> > Between Despair And Fury Maru
> It's doubly hard for me in some ways. You know, it's
> really difficult for me sometimes to be restrained.
I, of course, am at all times a model of decorum and
Zen-like detachment.
> Just last week I saw a kid get reamed by his mom
> because he wanted to
> feed a quarter into one of those insipid bubble-gum
> machines. No. No,
> no, NO! NO! No way, not now, not EVER! No no no!
>
> Jesus Christ. It's twenty-five f**g cents, and
> here you just blew
> three sawbucks on Twinkies and "flavored water".
> Give the nip a f**g quarter.
<sigh> Warren, you obviously don't understand that
children must learn: "no" means "no" -- of course, it
is terribly difficult for most nowadays because "no"
frequently means "yes" -- behold the Twinkies and pop!
Thus, the pathetic woman you saw was at the point
where it took 10+ "NO!"s to *actually mean* "no."
[Editorial comment: the ** s inserted above are mine;
no one should construe from this that Warren was
pulling his punches.]
> When did children become commodities? Is this part
> of the Reaganomics revolution?
<serious> Unfortunately, I think that for millenia
some have used their offspring for business/personal
gain. If children were rarer, they would be more
cherished. I have long thought that one of the best
things that could happen to humanity is a
'greatly-reduced fertility' plague. Of course, that
would possibly lead to a larger black market in
babies/children, so maybe not...
> Meanwhile, I vacillate. I want to slap people. Or
> shoot them dead. And
> the middle ground can be hard to find. How weird is
> it to want to
> cherish a child, but remove his parents?
Not weird, just sadly realistic in this crazy mixed-up
world.
Debbi
Between Whimsy And Disgust Maru
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