I believe you were responding to post #216, which was someone else's rather lowlife response to my post #173.
I double-checked my post #173 and I can't find a word "stupid" anywhere in it.
Statements like yours above, when proven to be trumped-up, lose any effectiveness, redgolum. Please check before you shoot.
I called no one "stupid" in my post #173. I wonder, however, about people who have children at an advanced age, when the risk of Down's Syndrome is greatly increased.
This condition is debilitating and can be even devastating for both the parents and the affected children, and I can't imagine that any parent would wish to be the reason for their condition, especially since medical science warns parents against it, and because such condition is avoidable.
First their life expectancy is considerably shorter than that of (statistically) normal population, often survived by their parents. They are much more likely to have heart abnormalities, and are generally much more prone to illness. They also come with different degrees of learning disabilities, some of which make them unable to function in a society.
All this is avoidable. I am speaking as a person, realizing that some, because of their religious beliefs, may have a different opinion, but to me it is unfathomable for any parent to wish to take such a chance, especially when, due to advanced age of the mother, and to a much lesser degree of a father, the child is very likely to be born with some form of trisomy.
People who are either not careful enough or deliberately have children at an advanced age are simply disconcerted about the life they are about to bring forth. They can't claim ignorance because doctors warn about it in due time.
kosta50,
As a convert to OC, I probably have a different understanding of the Palins and many FReepers. You have a completely different religious vocabulary and lens through which you view the issues surrounding SP. That doesn’t make you wrong—(I converted! :+)), but to me, what is going back and forth on this thread is like a German dog barking at an Italian dog.
From what has been written about the Palins and their decision to have their fifth child, I suspect that the majority of Americans will sympathize rather than judge. Nor do I think her political judgment necessarily will be impaired, even though I may disagree with her personal choices. And I am not sure we can say anything intelligent about her personal choices—all we have are snippets from the MSM.
What I imagine happened with the Palins is not far from what I can imagining happening with me or my sister. Unplanned pregnancy later in life...(being on the pill not an option at this point in many women’s lives); abortion not on the table; a nosy press interested only in sound bites about a very complicated decision-making process...with the resulting play in the press presenting only the superficial parts of the family’s approach to the issue.
Her letter written from the point of view of God most definitely is not an OC thing...just like the evangelical presentation of “a personal relationship with JC” is not a typical OC presentation of faith. Doesn’t make either of us unqualified to be president...(but there will be quite a seminar at the pearly gates. THIS is a seraph, ladies and gentlemen). :+)