Posts Tagged ‘children’

Why Not Just Shoot Them?

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Parents with children having terminal illnesses have indeed considered hastening their child’s death, once it was clear that nothing more could be done.

Of course, for a parent to admit this is only natural and healthy, but unless they have access to a doctor who’s not a complete neanderthal, it’s very difficult in this country to arrange a more merciful death for a child who is suffering.

Time for the Supreme Court, ever vigilant in supporting the right to death by firearms, to allow parents in such circumstances to unlock the gun cabinet and blast away, much quicker than having to appear before “death panels” and other canards of the right-wing nutosphere!

Gorilla says, somewhat in jest: “Our society is infantile, so why shouldn’t the Supremes encourage the right to infanticide, as part of a well-regulated parental militia?”

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The Kids Aren’t All Right

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

How do American children fare in comparison to other countries?

The OECD has some answers
:

Low birth weight? 6th worst.
Infant mortality? 4th worst, topped only by Mexico, Turkey, and the Slovak Republic.
Child mortality? 5th worst.
Teenage pregnancy? Triple the OECD average, only Mexico tops us.
Child poverty? 21.6%, double the OECD average.
Educational achievement? 7th worst.

Interestingly, although we are among the highest spenders on children in the OECD, we spend a third less on younger children than the OECD average.

Gorilla’s verdict: “Our country is exceptional and so are our kids: without exception they’re worse off than almost anywhere else in the top tier of wealthy nations!”

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