[Icey]

Barend, that's the greatest song ever!

Damn, now I want to watch Clerks again.

[The Scornful Roman]

Hey, if the baby couldn't survive on its own, it doesn't qualify as human, okay?

Baby's are just parasites, and should not legally qualify as human beings until, say, seven years old.

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DBrennan, forgive me if I'm misunderstanding you, or if your post is in a Swiftian satire vein, but if it isn't, I find that statement pretty disturbing.

Speaking personally, I was born several months premature, and was not expected to live. If I did survive, I was considered likely to have severe, permanent medical problems. I lived through a massive brain hemorrage and underdeveloped kidneys that didn't work for a while. Today, by the grace of God, I'm a whole, healthy adult; free from severe brain damage, which wasn't what the doctors expected.

So was I less of a person then than I am now? Try saying that babies are 'parasites' to a mother who's just lost her unborn child through a miscarriage. Try saying that to a woman who's had a stillbirth or a preemie, or to parents' whose less-than-7-year-old child is murdered.

I'm just sayin', is all. Now, if you were being sarcastic or Swiftian or tongue-in-cheek... well, then that's somewhat different. But you might want to clarify what you meant, there.

[barend]

Barend, that's the greatest song ever!

Damn, now I want to watch Clerks again.

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i want to cover that song!!!

[SimeSublime]

Don't worry Roman, I'm fairly sure it was in jest. Hell, I had three bouts of open heart surgery before I was one year old. It's amazing that I'm here and healty as well.

This post has been edited by SimeSublime: 20 February 2005 - 10:32 PM

[barend]

so the scar stayed the same length?

i have scars from early child hood, one that used to take up alot of room on my forhead, now it's really small.

[Jane Sherwood]

I have a scar on my stomach from having my appendix taken out when I was ten, but it's never gotten any smaller. It's still about three inches long and puts a funny-looking dent in my abdomen. I'm almost riddled with tiny little marks and scars, most of them completely unnoticeable, but they're still there.

I scar very easily.

[barend]

the scar stays the smae, WE get bigger...

is what i was saying

[Jane Sherwood]

...Ah.

Nevermind.

[SimeSublime]

Hmmm. Mine are still large, but not as large. and the one on my side has moved up towards my armpit.

[barend]

cool.... you can learn alot about physical development from what your childhood scars do...