[Jacob]

So, recently whilst on Twitter something POPPED up on my timeline that gave me some food for thought.

It was a letter apparently posted to the mother of a child with severe learning difficulties, basically saying 'TAKE YA KID OUT OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD! WE DON'T WANT HIM 'ERE!!'

Which I found pretty heinous, tbh.

However, the letter did raise a fairly good point, which I put to the guy who retweeted it to me...only to have him go batshit.

In it she says that they're severely mentally handicapped should be harvested for organs. That they're a drain of resources and not fit for anything else.

Now, say what you will, but that is true.

I cannot see any benefit from society by keeping what is effectively a sausage in clothes alive. There is none. Zero. Why do we do this? We do it because the parents are ridden with guilt, trying to force themselves to love something that lacks any real, human character. Lacks any personality in some cases.

They feel obligated. Maybe even emotionally tied.

But is this really a good reason to keep anything alive?

I can't, honestly, see why people have such an issue with this. I'm aware some are gonna say "GUD GOD! BT THE NAZZZZIS THORT THAT!" ...but that argument holds no water for me. They had some good ideas. This could be one of them.

Discuss.