Death by murder is a horrible, gruesome subject. Murderers kill children not out of love, but out of hatred. “Murder is wrong, because life is valuable.”
The most unjust reason why murderers are killing children is because the child may have some type of disease, such as Autism. Autistic children are being killed simply because they are autistic. Even though murder is wrong, the murderers of these autistic children are making excuses of why killing their child is acceptable. A single parent may say that their life is too stressful because they have to raise a family on their own, work fifty hours a week, clean the house, and make meals without any support. Even if a person has no support to raise an autistic child, death is not the way to deal with that problem. Another excuse people are using is that they are doing the autistic a favor by murdering them because they will never have a high quality of life. Even a non-autistic person may live their life unhappily. A low-functioning person can enjoy life, even if this person does not look like they are enjoying life. Sometimes autistics are confined to an institution, but this is still not a sufficient reason to kill them. In an article from “This Way of Life,” an autistic said, “I am happy to be who I am, and that I consider autism to be a key part of my existence.” He believes that every autistic cherishes and enjoys the distinctiveness of their personalities and abilities, even though they have to grasp their differences and weaknesses. Every autistic has the right to live, and their life should not be taken away from them under any circumstance.
Every person in this world deserves the right to live their life, no matter how different they are from the rest of the world. In our malicious world today, innocent children are getting their lives taken away because they are being used to punish someone else, their parents do not want them anymore, or they have some type of complication. “Murder is not done out of love, but out of a desire to impose one’s own opinions on another, hatred, or selfishness (J. Smith, 2007).
Jessica B Said:
on May 16, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Hello, Kaylin
I think this blog is sad. I agree with you 100%. I cannot believe kids are harmed and i realize what good life i have and i shouldn’t take it for granted.
Grace G Said:
on May 18, 2008 at 2:55 am
The last qoute is completely true. Murdering a child is not done out of love in any situation, whether a child is born with autism or an unborn baby is diagnosed with a mental handicap. If the parents of these children are grown up enough to make the decision to have sex, then the parents should be grown up enough to know that if raising that child is too hard, death is not an option. The parents do have other options such as giving the baby up for adoption. Just thinking about these cruel people makes me grateful to have such wonderful parents!
livelaughwrite Said:
on May 18, 2008 at 3:14 am
Woah, that’s sad to think about. I don’t see how parents can kill their own children just because the child may be disabled. Everyone deserves to live nomatter the disablilty he or she may have. I am sure there are ways to help familes of disabled kids, and murder is definately not it!
Emily Said:
on May 19, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Wow K! I never knew the killing of autistic kids was such a problem these days. I cannot believe parents would want to punish their child just for being different. I think every characteristic of a person should be cherished and loved. Being autistic is a characteristic of those people, and they deserve to be loved like any other average person. I also cannot believe people would think they are doing the baby a favor by killing he/she. I think autistic people have the same chance of being happy as anyone else in this world. They may see the world a little different than us, but that just makes them even more important to our society. If we all saw things the same way, we would live in a very boring world. I totally agree with you kaylin.
-em
ward Said:
on May 20, 2008 at 12:49 am
I completly agree with this! I think it is horrible for someone to be killed because they are disabled! If someone is going to have a child they should be prepared that the child could have the possiblity of having something wrong with it. They should be able to love them anyways though! I also have to agree with Grace that i am glad i have such awesome parents also!
thinkmyway Said:
on May 20, 2008 at 2:37 am
I agree with all of you. This does make me a whole lot more thankful that I have wonderful parents who are willing to take care of me and not give up on me when I have something wrong. Our lives could be much worse than what they are. When a family has a baby, they should be prepared in case their child has some disability. Many children do these days.
Colton Said:
on May 20, 2008 at 5:27 pm
That is really sad I have never heard of that but that pretty much just breaks my heart. I mean its not there fault there like that so give them a chance.
Audrey Said:
on May 24, 2008 at 4:55 pm
First of all I would like to say that you have done a good job refuting your argument! And second of all, it is awful that children are dying because they have autism! They were born for a reason. Even though they have autism, God has a plan for their life—that’s why they were born!
Barbarity Said:
on June 19, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Barbarity!!!