[tri-med] Re: Request for help, please

OK, so how do we change this?  I look at it this way.  I believe every human is 
worth trying to save.  So if people feel that it is pointless to spend money on 
saving kids who will not be "productive people", why do they feel it is OK to 
spend money on drug addicts who continuously go back to their addictions, 
alcoholics who have to have a liver transplant because they killed their liver, 
pedophiles, rapists, killers, etc?  It makes no sense.  So the way I am taking 
society, if I showed two pictures to the average person, explained that the one 
person is handicapped both mentally and physically, and the other person is a 
rapist and murderer, they both need a new kidney, which person would you prefer 
to save?  And they would choose the rapist/murderer?  That makes no sense.  So 
the only way to change things is to speak out about them.  (Don't worry, I'm 
not yelling at you - I know you're playing devil's advocate)  I do tell anyone 
who will listen, including health professionals, about Trisomy 18.  I talk 
about how it should not be considered a lethal condition.  I try to spread the 
word so it will get more people talking.  This is the way they treated people 
with Down's Syndrome long ago.  People's minds have been changed because so 
many people spoke out.  Again, I ask anyone, how do we change this?
> From: jwaite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tri-med] Re: 
> Request for help, please> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:43:19 -0400> > > ----- 
> Original Message ----- (Let me vent for a moment, please) Our kids > >are 
> worth just as much, if not more, than the average person!!! This gets > >me 
> so irate. I am so sick and tired of the doctors thinking they know > 
> >everything and that they think they can choose who is "worth" saving.> > 
> Going to take the unpopular devil's advocate position here........what you > 
> need to remember is that the general population has a large number of people 
> > who feel the same way as the afore mentioned drs.> > Look at the people on 
> these lists whose own families ignore, devalue or act > in a nasty manner to 
> their children. Those family members/friends who were > vocal, even after 
> birth, that the pregnancy should have been terminated.> > There are a lot of 
> people who don't value others for varying reasons and > there are MANY people 
> who don't think that the disabled are a worth what > they cost the government 
> as they are not productive and/or participants in > society. They are seen as 
> a social and financial drain with no value.> > This general feeling 'helps' 
> the drs make the choices they do in terms of > 'terminal' illnesses....it's 
> not just a medical issue but also a social one.> > If there weren't the 
> negative social mentality on this issue then most > likely there wouldn't be 
> a medical one.> They do go hand in hand.> And this is part of why more people 
> don't get outraged and vocal about > happenings such as Barbara experienced.> 
> > Michelle mom to Alex (20, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (16)> 
> MichiganUSA> > > > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows> www.trisomyonline.org> 
> Families Helping Families On-line> 
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