what a wierd country

no, for once i'm not talking about the uk. i'm talking about the us. there's an article on cnn today about infant euthanasia, and that dutch study. the commentary cnn chooses to put on this is ridiculous. focus on the family and such, bleating about the sanctity of life. two choice excerpts:
In the United States, some doctors and ethicists -- both supporters and opponents of euthanasia -- say newborn euthanasia has happened occasionally for decades, although it is much more common, and accepted, to withhold or stop intensive treatment and let the baby die. Experts said the new Dutch report will generate discussion but won't change American public opinion or practices.
and
Carrie Gordon Earll, bioethics policy analyst at Focus on the Family, said she thinks the U.S. medical community strongly opposes newborn euthanasia but that some cases have occurred.

"If they're done under cover and secret ... they should be prosecuted," she said. "This is not the Netherlands and we should not be on a slippery slope to baby infanticide."

i find it twisted that we live in a society that thinks it's cruel not to put a dog or a horse out of its misery but necessary for the dignity of human life to make an infant suffer. we'll withold treatment. how noble of us. we're not talking about killing kids with down's syndrome or autism, we're talking about not putting infants with illnesses or birth defects that are terminal through unnecessary pain. what sort of fucked up ideology demands that we extend their suffering?

(um, ms earll, what other kind of infanticide is there other than baby infanticide?)

from cheekybaby

to be fair...i think i may have taken this once before, a while back. but i did know quite a few of the odd ones. (what are colitas?? i know the lyric but not the word.)

fyi

i am running simulations. it will probably take several hours. possibly all night. (although i hope not. i hate sleeping with the computer on, the noise drives me nuts.) in the interest of faster running, i will not be on im. or checking email. or in general doing anything on the computer except watching it do its thing. if you are related to me (or even if you're not) and you want to talk to me, you'll have to call. i am home.

and out of curiosity, who sent me the postcard from seattle? it's not signed! i *think* i've guessed, but i'm not positive.