Posted on 11/27/2008 3:51:49 PM PST by NYer
Ping!
Wow, you really can find anything for sale on Ebay....
Wonder what their feedback looks like?
Just make sure the check clears before sending it off to Nigeria
No, so-called “parents”, the site is NOT called ‘Ebaby’...
On this day when we thank God for his many gifts, including our children, some like these treat them as commodities.
Simply despicable.
Ya know!
I always miss the good stuff on Ebay.
I need to start watching Craigslist.
I wonder if they used the “buy it now” option.
And whether you think this couple is despicable or not, at least they didn’t abort the poor little boy.
So instead they sell it into slavery. No I’m not defending abortion at all, but I don’t think you can say that aborting the child would have been more despicable than what they did.
Like hyperbole much? The child wasn’t sold “into slavery”. The buyers were most likely an infertile couple. Slave traders generally aren’t the highest bidders.
My point was it was an ebay auction. They auctioned off a child to the highest bidder. Who’s to say who the highest bidder would have been? The couple obviously didn’t care. To them, it was a cash cow.
Like I said before, I’m not trying to say abortion was the better option, but any defense of what they did saying “at least it wasn’t aborted” really isn’t a defense at all. To me, what they did is just as bad as murder.
Do you know for sure that this child was sold into slavery??
Do you know how many couples are DYING for a baby?
I can clearly say that NOTHING is more despicable than aborting a baby.
Better dead? Really is that what you are saying???
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I'm making the slavery comparison because that's what they did during slavery!!! They sold people to the highest bidder...how is this any different?
Again, read what I am saying. I am not saying the baby is better off dead. I am saying selling the baby on eBay is not morally better. Selling the baby to unknown people simply because they will give you a couple thousand dollars is no different than sending it to the slaughterhouse.
>>Then why aren’t you upset that this family didn’t put the baby up for adoption???<<
Do you think that’s free?
Do you know what kind of money adoption agencies make?
And who said I wasn’t upset that they didn’t just put the baby up for adoption?
Selling a Baby is morally better than killing him. The baby would be DEAD. DEAD is forever.
>>Selling the baby to unknown people simply because they will give you a couple thousand dollars is no different than sending it to the slaughterhouse.<<
I’m sure that the child will agree with you one day. NOT!!!
I wouldn't be carrying on if you would make some admission that admonished the couple for their behavior. The moment you started posting it was nothing but a defense for them. Their actions are indefensible.
You know there is a difference between the costs of putting a baby up for adoption and selling the baby on eBay like some television set. Do you think we should start allowing babies to be sold on eBay? Maybe craigslist? 2 for 1 deal at Wal Mart maybe?
>>There are some things worse than death in this world. <<
I don’t really think that it’s your choice.
I will tell you this, Ebay has a huge set of rules, many people following the auctions and hundreds that report abuse.
What YOU fail to see in all this is that the Police allowed the couple who paid to keep the baby. They were monitoring it. DO you know how fast autions are swept off Ebay that are abusive? The police wanted this one to go, if the transaction never took place, there would be nothing to charge them with. GET it?
Now, let me say this. You are making a whole lot of assumptions about me. And jumping to some major conclusions.
Perhaps you should take a step back and realize that you are saying that a baby would be better off dead than alive.
Sorry, that’s wrong. Just wrong.
And that’s the last I’m going to say on the matter.
I wonder if they accept PayPal.
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