ladypeartree Posted February 8, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 533 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 32,402 Content Per Day: 4.99 Reputation: 22,910 Days Won: 206 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just been reading about a man in India ( well off as both parents are lawyers ) who is trying to sue his parents for not asking his permission to " create " him before he was born ..maybe he should move to America and ask if he could have been aborted at birth !!!!!! Soooo much insanity in this world Mumbai business executive Raphael Samuel argues that creating people without their consent is wrong. Let’s say that someone, without asking your permission in advance, kidnapped you and brought you to a new country where your life would be noisy, confusing, and full of suffering. That seems like something you could sue for, right? Now let’s say that the way they did this was by giving birth to you. That’s (approximately) the logic of Raphael Samuel, a Mumbai business executive suing his parents for creating him. He told the BBC that he’s been obsessed since he was a small child with the question of why his parents were entitled to create him without his consent. Because it’s not possible to ask children for consent before they are created, he argues, it’s wrong to have them at all. Samuel’s suit looks unlikely to get anywhere in India’s courts. The BBC reports that he’s been unable to find a lawyer to take his case, and his parents, both lawyers, have responded in good humor: “She said that’s fine,” Samuel said of his call to his mother with the news he was suing her, “but don’t expect me to go easy on you. I will destroy you in court.” 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted February 8, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) So he thinks he should be paid to live because he didnt ask to be born.....ok, looks like we're ALL in for some money then!!! Edited February 8, 2019 by HisFirst 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enoob57 Posted February 8, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 35 Topic Count: 99 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 40,796 Content Per Day: 7.95 Reputation: 21,264 Days Won: 76 Joined: 03/13/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/27/1957 Share Posted February 8, 2019 seeing how it doesn't make lots of cents … I don't think he should receive much 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneLight Posted February 8, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.26 Reputation: 9,760 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) Interesting argument. Seems to me that out of the millions of sperms that could of fertilized the egg, Raphael won the race, meaning he tried the hardest to be the one born. He could of lost, if he didn't want to fertilize the egg, but he chose not to loose, so the choice must of been his in the first place. Edited February 8, 2019 by OneLight 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted February 8, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 593 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 55,875 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 27,625 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 8, 2019 If I brought him into the world and he has a problem with that, I can easily take him out of the world and much less trouble than his mother had bringing him into the world Problem solved. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtletwo Posted February 10, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1,192 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 7,264 Content Per Day: 1.19 Reputation: 15,710 Days Won: 194 Joined: 07/15/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted February 10, 2019 My son mentioned something about this the other day. I was preoccupied and distracted at the time so not really following much of what he said. I was thinking an American (we have enough crazy ones) but I guess it might have been this story. I'll have to tell him of reading this at Worthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr3032 Posted February 13, 2019 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 332 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 273 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/23/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted February 13, 2019 If this doesn't work out, I bet he'll whip out a suit on "defamation of character" on his parents and whatever news outlets have reported this. Which will also ultimately fail, as he defames his own character. Dude couldn't just jump in front of a moving vehicle like all of the other money schemers though, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SisterActs2 Posted February 19, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 23 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,000 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 1,655 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/27/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/08/1950 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Even 10 years ago would this even have been a conversation?? Edited February 19, 2019 by SisterActs2 typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SisterActs2 Posted February 19, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 23 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,000 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 1,655 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/27/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/08/1950 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I just had a quick shower, so it didn't take as long to dry myself, as I wasn't as wet as usual! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted March 5, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,010 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,206 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,282 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted March 5, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 1:39 AM, ladypeartree said: Just been reading about a man in India ( well off as both parents are lawyers ) who is trying to sue his parents for not asking his permission to " create " him before he was born ..maybe he should move to America and ask if he could have been aborted at birth !!!!!! Soooo much insanity in this world Mumbai business executive Raphael Samuel argues that creating people without their consent is wrong. Let’s say that someone, without asking your permission in advance, kidnapped you and brought you to a new country where your life would be noisy, confusing, and full of suffering. That seems like something you could sue for, right? Now let’s say that the way they did this was by giving birth to you. That’s (approximately) the logic of Raphael Samuel, a Mumbai business executive suing his parents for creating him. He told the BBC that he’s been obsessed since he was a small child with the question of why his parents were entitled to create him without his consent. Because it’s not possible to ask children for consent before they are created, he argues, it’s wrong to have them at all. Samuel’s suit looks unlikely to get anywhere in India’s courts. The BBC reports that he’s been unable to find a lawyer to take his case, and his parents, both lawyers, have responded in good humor: “She said that’s fine,” Samuel said of his call to his mother with the news he was suing her, “but don’t expect me to go easy on you. I will destroy you in court.” Thanks for giving me the best laugh of the day! Also, enjoyed the others' posts, too. Maybe he just wants his 15 minutes of fame that Andy Warhol talked of....but somehow I think he is serious. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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