Is this murder?

[guidi2009]

"Zachery Swezey was a junior at Pateros High School when he died on March 18, 2009, of a ruptured appendix. Greg and JaLea Swezey prayed by their son’s side and called in elders from the Church of the First Born who anointed their son with olive oil, but never called for a doctor or ambulance"



http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2...-in-the-works/

[Jayeburgh]

I remember this story.

I still think it's murder. Second degree.

[free2131]

These type of people are totally nuts. I don't think 2nd degree murder fits because it isn't anything that they did to the child. He died of a medical issue. Manslaughter seems like it wouldn't be right either. I'm thinking since the kid was under 18, I'd go for negligence, child endangerment, or something along those lines. Preferable something with a prison sentence so one of the other inmates can show him some new uses for that holy oil.

[Alloutwar]

Thousandth time I've brought it up, but - if you had testing and licensing before we allowed people to procreate, this **** wouldn't happen.

"If your child were sick and not getting better, would you a) seek medical help immediately, b) perform incantations and sacrifice a domestic animal, or c) pray for divine assistance?" Don't answer A, and boom, no kids for you.

Sperm/egg meeting is super precious and we need laws to protect it, but a full-grown human can have a medical emergency and 'be left to god's hands' and die.

[HoustonGM]

Thousandth time I've brought it up, but - if you had testing and licensing before we allowed people to procreate, this **** wouldn't happen.

"If your child were sick and not getting better, would you a) seek medical help immediately, b) perform incantations and sacrifice a domestic animal, or c) pray for divine assistance?" Don't answer A, and boom, no kids for you.

Sperm/egg meeting is super precious and we need laws to protect it, but a full-grown human can have a medical emergency and 'be left to god's hands' and die.

And if they have a kid anyway? Put them in jail, depriving a child of their parents before the parents have done anything actually wrong? Force them to have an abortion?

These parents deserve to be punished, but as someone that favors freedom and the government staying out of the private sexual affairs of consenting adults, regulation of procreation is a no-no.

[Alloutwar]

ideally everyone would be unable to have children through some chemical means - injection, pills, surgery, etc. That would be immensely more effective than trying to regulate after the fact.

Of course people will be all up in arms about injections or anything, because our freedom to screw up society irreversably is a much higher precedence than wise preventative measures.