[stylist] anybody else watch tonight's law and order, discuss?

[LoriStay at aol.com]

Hope your turkey was juicy!   I think I just gained back the 15 pounds I lost 
while I was sick!
Lori
In a message dated 11/27/08 5:09:13 PM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:


> I think last night's was a new current episode, it was on main
> NBC.  yes, that was the parents' motivation, as well as saving their
> marriage.  but the question of whether parents have the right to
> cause such an extreme and unnecessary procedure on a child because
> that child is disabled is indeed very troubling.
> happy thanksgiving Lori and all!  our turkey came out of the oven
> last hour, guest comes in an hour.  couple more things to cook.
> jc
> 
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
> 
> At 11:51 AM 11/27/2008, you wrote:
> >I think I had heard about this episode.   In reality, I can't see parents
> >wanting to do this, as there is always hope for improvement, even in
> >the worst of
> >cases.   But I suppose if you were in the position of having to care for a
> >retarded child as if he were a baby, it might strike apprehension in you to
> >think you would need to do it when he grew larger.
> >
> >On the other hand the possibility that this behavior might spread to other
> >disabilities is quite fearsome.
> >
> >Lori
> >
> >In a message dated 11/27/08 12:16:06 AM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:
> >
> >
> > > dear list members,
> > > I'll try to find an NBC summary of tonight's plot.  but in tonight's
> > > episode a couple with a severely disabled child planned to have their
> > > child surgically and hormonally prevented from growing up.  that, so
> > > that she would be easier to care for, and to avoid  certain 
> complications.
> > >
> > > the Judge, and Jack Maccoy (now the D.A.) held that it was not the
> > > state's place to condemn this behavior.  The judge cited the
> > > Fourteenth Amendment.  and the assistant D.A. named Cutter, said (I
> > > think rightly so) that because the daughter is disabled did not mean
> > > that the parents had the right to maim their daughter  he was
> > > overruled.  my wife was in tears at the end, and I was shouting at
> > > the TV, at the end.
> > >
> > > we've discussed whether to talk about this episode with the national
> > > NFB, and whether to call local affiliates of NBC.
> > >
> > > so, I just wondered if any of you saw it too.
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > jc
> > >
> > > Jim Canaday M.A.
> > > Lawrence, KS
> > >
> > >
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