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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
I wonder if the professionals that are critical of this procedure have ever spent a day, a week, or even a few hours taking care of someone so completely handicapped. It isn't a noble thing. It's just hard work. Baby are small and cute--so we endure the work and we know they will grow and not need the intense care they need when they are young. Large women with the capacity of a 3 month old--you have to change their tampons or pads. Their breast will ache and they won't understand why. Who would wish puberty on their 3 month old child?
Caring for severely disable people is ookey dirty 'real world" work.
Most doctors have never touch a bed pan, never changed a diaper for a patient (baby or adult). The critics reasoning seems theoretical and esoteric. The parents reasoning seems practical, and loving.
Okay here comes a cliche, sorry, but let them walk a mile in the parents of a grown-up sized baby for a week or so before they give their opinion.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
