Posted on 02/20/2020 7:18:14 AM PST by COBOL2Java
Mumbai businessman Raphael Samuel told the BBC that it's wrong to bring children into the world because they then have to put up with lifelong suffering.
Mr Samuel, of course, understands that our consent can't be sought before we are born, but insists that "it was not our decision to be born".
So as we didn't ask to be born, we should be paid for the rest of our lives to live, he argues.
A demand like this could cause a rift within any family, but Mr Samuel says he gets along very well with his parents (both of whom are lawyers) and they appear to be dealing with it with a lot of humour.
In a statement, his mother Kavita Karnad Samuel explained her response to "the recent upheaval my son has created".
"I must admire my son's temerity to want to take his parents to court knowing both of us are lawyers. And if Raphael could come up with a rational explanation as to how we could have sought his consent to be born, I will accept my fault," she said.
Mr Samuel's belief is rooted in what's called anti-natalism - a philosophy that argues that life is so full of misery that people should stop procreating immediately.
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They owe him an abortion.
Hey man ::.there is a simpler remedy....
He creates his own suffering, by struggling against what is, instead of embracing it, any Buddhist would understand the 4 Noble Truths
Ok but who’s forcing him to go on living?
Just imagine..for a minute...the lawyer representing him!
It appears that the only viable remedy is to order the Mother to have a Post Term Abortion and Shoot her Son right in the Court Room to make it legal.
They owe him an abortion.
So what? It is a non-argument.
None of us asked to support you, either.
Admit you are flawed, ask God for help.
Reminds me of the Far Side cartoon:
Cartoon Teenagers
The kid points a finger at his parents and says: ‘Hey, look! I didn’t ASK to be drawn!’
Si India has first world problems and whiners.
Why are you posting a year old article?
Buddhists are mainly busy burning stuff to appease ghosts.
The ingratitude in this one is stultifying
Put him and the folks in a room, provide the parents with weapons, and give them a chance to rectify the mistake...
What does it matter?
The court should oblige him with a death sentence. He does not deserve to have LIFE!!!!
Why not a late turm abortion?
We can fix that...................
Shakespeare had a solution for him. To paraphrase, he can his own quietus make.
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