I have thought about composing a blog for years, I just never seemed to find the time to do so. Today I saw a story in the news that is quite sad, but because my opinions on it are different than what the website monitors think they should be, they will not allow my comments to be posted. This irritated me. Why should my comments not be allowed, isn't this a free country?! Do I have to agree with this article, or the people in the article, to allow my opinion to be heard? Here is a link to the story, and of course my comments on it.
http://news.yahoo.com/parents-disabled-nj-girl-denied-transplant-023716183.html
I understand the love this woman feels for her daughter, but at the same time it is obvious that her love is also very selfish. She wants to keep her daughter alive, so she (the mother) can feel better. She doesen't even consider the quality of her daughters life. It seems to me that even with the transplant, the prognosis for her daughter surviving long term, isn't very good. The trauma involved with surgery, should also be considered.
Kidneys do not grow on trees, and it is my belief that a healthy kidney should go to a person who has a better long term prognosis. Not to mention, that the cost of this operation, and the long term maintenance costs to keep this child alive, should not be pushed upon us taxpayers. The country is in bad economic shape, and we need to learn that we cannot cater to each and every individual's needs. If the parents choose to donate one of their kidneys, pay for the operation and all the long term care needs of their child, then go ahead and do the operation. But, please don't put your hands in my pockets, I want to heal the economy, and this will involve many tough choices on our part. I don't believe in the welfare system either, some short term aid is acceptable, but I believe that after a couple of years, all aid should be cut off, and sterilization of chronic welfare abusers, should be implemented.
If your are to click on the link which leads to the mother's blog, you can gleen how biased, and canted her writings are. Very melodramatic, and obviously she is twisting the facts around. Not to mention that she changed the original content in her blog, because before she changed it, she spoke about the doctors "pudgy brown face," and then mentions his race and accent. Hmmm, since when is it okay to discriminate on the basis of the color of one's skin or nationality, not so nice. I guess we should all just forgive this, since she is in the middle of feeling so sorry for herself. If you read between the lines, you can also tell that this woman has a very pushy nature, and is most likely very rude, and most of the people who support her, probably wouldn't like her if they met her in person in a store, or restaurant, when she was trying to push ahead of others in line.
I do feel bad for this child and her family, but I also feel resentful that this mother should try and push her selfish wants and needs upon the rest of us. The people who think that this child should have the operation, go ahead and send them a wad of cash and help support this child and her medical needs. Not just once, you need to pay for her long term care too. How does that feel? You are trying to tell me what to do with my money, but I bet you didn't like me to tell you what to do with yours. Sometimes in life, the best thing is to just let nature take it course. Life is not fair, and that is just the way that it is.
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