What are your thoughts?


Drug Dumper

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I have mixed emotions about this; on the one hand, she should have given the meds, no matter how bad his reactions were. On the other hand, you have a mother who loves her autistic son who has cancer and his QOL is better off the meds even though he'll die. As a loving parent, would you rather see your child suffer from horrible side effects from medications or let him keep a relatively decent QOL for the time he has left?


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/12/national/main20053119.shtml?tag=stack
 


This was criminal. That type of cancer has a high cure rate and she knew it. The woman was overwhelmed and depressed. A woman brings children into this world to give them a wonderful life. Compounded by the autism and her difficulty in handling her son by herself, she chose to let him die. The father gets killed months after? How sad a story.
 


But on the flip side, he had been thru 4 out of 5 rounds and then came out of remission. Usually when lymphoma recurs, it's not a good sign. I think the cure rate at the beginning is 85%, but when one has been in remission and it returns in another form, it's a whole different story. Personally, I don't know of anybody who has survived a lymphoma when it's recurred. I'm sure there are though.

Mr. Dump and I were talking about this and his thought is that as long as she can live with what she did, then she knew the repercussions for her actions. She'll do time for sure.
 


Even with a 50/50 chance or worse 80/20, what mother would let her son die? She gave him no choice. This was not about side effects. It was about her selfish nature using his sickness as an excuse to get rid of him. She should rot in that jail.
 


Even with a 50/50 chance or worse 80/20, what mother would let her son die? She gave him no choice. This was not about side effects. It was about her selfish nature using his sickness as an excuse to get rid of him. She should rot in that jail.

Agreed. Not enough bad things can happen to this woman.
 


Even with a 50/50 chance or worse 80/20, what mother would let her son die? She gave him no choice. This was not about side effects. It was about her selfish nature using his sickness as an excuse to get rid of him. She should rot in that jail.

What woman would abort her own child? I see a lot of condemnation here and it is quite proper, but so would similar condemnations of women who kill their children before they're born.
 




What woman would abort her own child? I see a lot of condemnation here and it is quite proper, but so would similar condemnations of women who kill their children before they're born.

Kill them before they're born? Did you ever masturbate, have the wifey jack or suck you off or or wear a rubber? There are good arguments for those too as far as birth control goes but that's like going to work before you get the job or driving the car before you buy it - killing someone before they're born is an oxymoron, dude!
 


stupid. How did this slip through the cracks? Where were this kid's doctors? Anyone? Any idiot knows that cancer drugs make you terribly sick. That's how they work. She is a moron. I feel terrible for her kid as he could easily have recovered. My son lives a great life, autistic or not!
 


Even with a 50/50 chance or worse 80/20, what mother would let her son die? She gave him no choice. This was not about side effects. It was about her selfish nature using his sickness as an excuse to get rid of him. She should rot in that jail.

One coukd say the same thing about abortion. How is this any different.

For the record, I am appalled by her actions.

But, I could make the same arguments all the pro abortion crowd make. Hell, just use GGs justifications.

The kid was broken right? Autistic? He would have only been a burden on taxpayers right?

Unless one of you were going to step up and offer to adopt him, you can't really complain.

What happens in their bedroo is their business.

Terry Schaivo
 








This is parental abuse. I can listen to the worst murder cases on the news, but when I hear children being abused or victimized, those abusers deserve the worst kind of punishment which I won't state here.
 


Why not consider it a very late term abortion? Being autistic the child was obviously damaged and could not be a productive member of society. The child would just be a burden on you taxpayers.

One of you should have stepped up to adopt.
 


Why not consider it a very late term abortion? Being autistic the child was obviously damaged and could not be a productive member of society. The child would just be a burden on you taxpayers.

One of you should have stepped up to adopt.

ILA...I think you are detouring here. This is about a mom who withheld medical treatment for a selfish gain. It involved a boy not an unborn fetus. Can we stay on topic?

Adopt? He had a dad. No one 'gave him up'. Someone let him die.
 


It is truly hilarious watching the pro abortion crowd cry indignantly about this.

Oh the irony

Really, there is no comparison at all. A clump of six week old cells is NOT a living breathing boy or girl. I guess my believing in the death penalty means I should just take matters into my own hands next time I'm pissed off. WTF? You have some BIG issues to continue to bring this shit here. Go work for some PC organization rather than post here all fcking day. You are starting to make me sick and I used to think you were at least funny. Dude, seriously, you have a problem with this. Get some therapy as you are a control freak. Go work in government to actually CHANGE SOMETHING. Obviously, you are deeply troubled by abortion. So do something REAL!!!! You are not changing shit here. This is a flipping chat board for PHARMA REPS and it's supposed to be fun and have maybe an enlightening touch or personal quality. You contribute nothing to it. Nothing with this shit.
 
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Why not consider it a very late term abortion? Being autistic the child was obviously damaged and could not be a productive member of society. The child would just be a burden on you taxpayers.

One of you should have stepped up to adopt.

(that's it!) Fuck you. My son is autistic and I spent 80 grand to make sure he was productive and happy. You are a real asshole buddy. I hope we never meet in person. You really are clueless and have never walked in shoes other than those of a self-centered arrogant prick. I like Hairy way better than you; he at least tries to have a reasonable thought process.
 


Oh, fck off! Really, there is no comparison at all. A clump of six week old cells is NOT a living breathing boy or girl. I guess my believing in the death penalty means I should just take matters into my own hands next time I'm pissed off. WTF? You have some BIG issues to continue to bring this shit here. Go work for some PC organization rather than post here all fcking day. You are starting to make me sick and I used to think you were at least funny. Dude, seriously, you have a problem with this. Get some therapy as you are a control freak. Go work in government to actually CHANGE SOMETHING. Obviously, you are deeply troubled by abortion. So do something REAL!!!! You are not changing shit here. This is a flipping chat board for PHARMA REPS and it's supposed to be fun and have maybe an enlightening touch or personal quality. You contribute nothing to it. Nothing with this shit.

First if all, I am very funny. That being said, I desoise what she did, but then I am very consistent about protecting innocent life.

All I was doing was using lame ratonalizations similar to the pro aborton crowd to prove a point. I did so successfully.

As far as fun, take it up with the OP who started the downer thread.

I also have no illusion that I will chanve anyones mind on anything. I am merely stating my opinion. If you don't like it, you can kindly go fuck off :eek: