Read other letters about this article

• Sunday, October 5, 2008 02:50 PM

  Difference without a distinction

  Heru-ur's quote from post at 7:39am:

  I know several well-off women who would pay the girls expenses and take very good care of the baby; perhaps even pay her a profit.

  Her-ur's accusation to Retzilian at 1:15pm:

  I never said this bunch was "well-heeled"; you did.

  What is your definition of well-off? Would not "well-heeled" also apply? And, just for kicks, how many of these "well-off" women are willing to adopt without consideration to race? That, I think, was Retzilian's point.

  And here we go back to the misogyny again:

  It is most especially wrong when women kill the most helpless and innocent because they could not be bothered to take precautions and do not want to have to "do the work" for 9 months.

  When did contraception become free? When did it start dropping, like manna, from heaven for all good and proper women to use as they see fit, with the full support and agreement of their partners?

  Are you forgetting that there are still groups, even in this country, who would do away with contraception if they could? Let alone other parts of the world where women are raped and impregnated as a form of ethnic cleansing.

  And the final joke:

  You would kill a kid because you do not want to pay the penalty of 4 months for the fun you had?

  While I have been fortunate in my life to have partners who have been considerate, I can assure you that there are many men out there who, for whatever reason, are not. For those men, the only fun that's had, the only fun that they are interested in, is their own. It's unfortunate that their selfishness and/or lack of skill does not in any way alter the viability of their emissions.

  —Pedinska Read Pedinska's other letters
  Permalink
  Flag
  Click "Submit Flag" if you feel this post is inappropriate. Explain why below if you wish.

  Cancel