10-29-2008, 06:57 PM
Torque Wrote:Just when this thread is getting humorous...
I found the segment completely disturbing for a much bigger reason than that the baby died. That was no surprise of course. The fact that the two people knowingly brought the poor thing into this world to suffer just so they could be parents. I am sure they are otherwise deep down very nice people, they sounded very sensitive and kind, but I just think it's completely selfish of them. I didn't need the piano music and emotion filled voices to get me down, the image of that baby unable to express his pain and suffering with tubes, drugs, and holes in his organ systems worked just fine. There's a difference between consciously fighting for life and being forced to prolong one in a status very loosely referred to as alive.
well... way to lay a giant turd on the party.
i sort of changed outlooks too when that dude decided to get all jesus-y and "god is awesome" in his letters. i didn't lose sympathy, but i got a little pissy. i'm sure it gets him and his family through the night, and that's fine. it just sucked that the baby had to deal with all that shit while he felt like being poetic and churchy.