The reason I posted this is to give an example of how fucking delusional society is! This poor baby was born with just a brain stem, has zero chance at any kind of quality of life, and suffers and is severely deformed. He’s basically born a vegetable and will be like Terri Shiavo for the rest of his life. These fucking retards at the news station are calling this a miracle? What would have been a miracle would be if the baby wasn’t born at all or had a normal functioning brain.
What makes me so freaking angry about stories like this is that these idiots, who don’t seem to have functioning brains to begin with, value life based on a beating heart, and not the childs potential and experience. The child isn’t even conscious. There parents basically have a biological teddy bear.
Seriously. I don’t even care to watch the video, just seeing the title and your response made me shake my head.
That baby is born with ANENCEPHALY, a condition where the brain and upper skull part was not developed properly. I am not really acquainted with it since I don’t have a medical background but you can just Google it. Babies born with anencephaly usually don’t survive long.
Seriously HOW can people be so blinded by miracles when there are perfectly rational and logical explanations. Sigh.
The baby is also blind and deaf and takes 16 diff kinds of medications a day. It’s a sad situation. There like “he just celebrated his 2nd birthday”……how can an unconscious brain stem celebrate anything? The only part of the brain he has is the part the controls automatic functions of the body like the heart beat, breathing and other unconscious reflexes.
Good…ugly disgusting creature, should’ve been euthanized on the spot.
It’s those religious lunatics (Christians) that call these degenerate babies a ‘miracle.’ Stinking religion fucking up humanity for thousands of years.
If the Christian right had their way, the US would be flooded with 300 million retard babies and more money will go to take care of them than the military-industrial complex.
@a3b2c1 – That’s unnecessary. Calling this baby an “ugly disgusting creature” is wrong. Don’t critcize the baby, criticize those around him. Unfortunately, this child would never have been able to make a decision on his life. He would have been a prisoner in his own body.
I’m not sure what to say, but since he died he won’t have to suffer anymore. He won’t need to be anyone’s ‘miracle’ trophy. Being born and not ever being able to live is not a miracle. There are alot of other examples where society does crap like this, not that i can remember now
Well… I guess if he didn’t have a brain then I question whether or not he had consciousness and self-awareness. Perhaps no different than keeping a butchered pig’s heart beating independent of a body; I doubt that the heart has consciousness. Without degrading the deceased, his existence may very well be not too different than the pig’s heart scenario captioned. The doctors played God with medical science to keep him “alive” for his entirety, without it he would have perished long ago. Lines need to be drawn on definitions of what “life” is… a life that can exist solely on prolonged life support with zero chance of migrating away from it begs the question of to what end?
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The reason I posted this is to give an example of how fucking delusional society is! This poor baby was born with just a brain stem, has zero chance at any kind of quality of life, and suffers and is severely deformed. He’s basically born a vegetable and will be like Terri Shiavo for the rest of his life. These fucking retards at the news station are calling this a miracle? What would have been a miracle would be if the baby wasn’t born at all or had a normal functioning brain.
How is this a “miracle a million times over”? Damn this makes my blood boil.
What makes me so freaking angry about stories like this is that these idiots, who don’t seem to have functioning brains to begin with, value life based on a beating heart, and not the childs potential and experience. The child isn’t even conscious. There parents basically have a biological teddy bear.
Seriously. I don’t even care to watch the video, just seeing the title and your response made me shake my head.
That baby is born with ANENCEPHALY, a condition where the brain and upper skull part was not developed properly. I am not really acquainted with it since I don’t have a medical background but you can just Google it. Babies born with anencephaly usually don’t survive long.
Seriously HOW can people be so blinded by miracles when there are perfectly rational and logical explanations. Sigh.
The baby is also blind and deaf and takes 16 diff kinds of medications a day. It’s a sad situation. There like “he just celebrated his 2nd birthday”……how can an unconscious brain stem celebrate anything? The only part of the brain he has is the part the controls automatic functions of the body like the heart beat, breathing and other unconscious reflexes.
Update, he died at 3
Good…ugly disgusting creature, should’ve been euthanized on the spot.
It’s those religious lunatics (Christians) that call these degenerate babies a ‘miracle.’ Stinking religion fucking up humanity for thousands of years.
If the Christian right had their way, the US would be flooded with 300 million retard babies and more money will go to take care of them than the military-industrial complex.
@a3b2c1 – That’s unnecessary. Calling this baby an “ugly disgusting creature” is wrong. Don’t critcize the baby, criticize those around him. Unfortunately, this child would never have been able to make a decision on his life. He would have been a prisoner in his own body.
May he rest in peace.
I’m not sure what to say, but since he died he won’t have to suffer anymore. He won’t need to be anyone’s ‘miracle’ trophy. Being born and not ever being able to live is not a miracle. There are alot of other examples where society does crap like this, not that i can remember now
Well… I guess if he didn’t have a brain then I question whether or not he had consciousness and self-awareness. Perhaps no different than keeping a butchered pig’s heart beating independent of a body; I doubt that the heart has consciousness. Without degrading the deceased, his existence may very well be not too different than the pig’s heart scenario captioned. The doctors played God with medical science to keep him “alive” for his entirety, without it he would have perished long ago. Lines need to be drawn on definitions of what “life” is… a life that can exist solely on prolonged life support with zero chance of migrating away from it begs the question of to what end?