[HN Gopher] Man to sue parents for giving birth to him
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Man to sue parents for giving birth to him
Author : acqbu
Score : 34 points
Date : 2021-12-19 17:20 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| axegon_ wrote:
| > Your parents had you instead of a toy or a dog, you owe them
| nothing, you are their entertainment.
|
| As cringy as this may be, it's depressing how many people I can
| name off the top of my head who had children because they wanted
| a pet. Subsequently they figured out that having a kid is hard
| and instead of facing the consequences, they resorted to buying
| expensive toys in order to keep them quiet and not have to deal
| with them. Needless to say it didn't end well for the kids.
| browningstreet wrote:
| When you have kids instead of a pet, it can lead to having a
| vacation home instead of a divorce. Seen that too.
| hjek wrote:
| There's a string holding his beard.
| beermonster wrote:
| At this time of year it's in vogue
| aaronrobinson wrote:
| https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8267604/
| throwawayay02 wrote:
| Of course this particular instance is just humourous, but I can
| imagine a real and reasonable case:
|
| Imagine a child that was born with birth defects that reduce
| their life expectancy and quality of life. If they can prove
| their parents knew of the high likelihood of their condition, and
| still chose to go ahead and birth them, they might have a case.
| frankbreetz wrote:
| >A demand like this could cause a rift within any family, but Mr
| Samuel says he gets along very well with his parents (both of
| whom are lawyers) and they appear to be dealing with it with a
| lot of humour.
|
| Wouldn't there be a lot of court fees associated with this?
|
| Seems like an expensive joke.
| Fezzik wrote:
| Court fees are generally not-that-high in trial courts. For
| example, in Oregon you can cover filing fees for multiple
| pleadings and a multi-day jury trial for less than $2,000.
|
| Not sure about India though. Ultimately it's attorney fees that
| getcha.
| dustintrex wrote:
| (2019)
| benmmurphy wrote:
| (2019)
| Ansil849 wrote:
| This case just seems to be obvious trolling, but it does bring up
| interesting ethical questions. Why, for example, is it not OK to
| kidnap a newborn and raise it as your own, if you give it a much
| better life than its biological parents would have been able to
| give it?
| nyokodo wrote:
| > if you give it a much better life than its biological parents
| would have been able to give it?
|
| Because you have no right to kidnap someone else's child.
| Because the human rights of the parents to raise their child
| and the rights of the child to be raised by their parents both
| determine that you shouldn't. Because you have no authority to
| determine what is better for the child. Because the ends don't
| justify the means. Take your pick.
| [deleted]
| [deleted]
| Ozzie_osman wrote:
| There's a Lebanese film with a similar premise:
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum_(film)
| pddpro wrote:
| > "There's no point to humanity. So many people are suffering. If
| humanity is extinct, Earth and animals would be happier. They'll
| certainly be better off. Also no human will then suffer. Human
| existence is totally pointless."
|
| The path towards Enlightenment is not unlike the five stages of
| grief. The realization of pain and suffering, the anger towards
| it, the desire to change it, the depression resulting from
| realizing our inability to change it, and finally the acceptance
| of life as it is and the ability to find joy in what we can.
|
| Many of us have been through it and survived, coming out a tad
| bit wiser. Let's hope that he, too, will be able to find at least
| something that'll make him realize that it's not so bad after
| all.
| rhn_mk1 wrote:
| From the article, it doesn't seem that life being bad is the
| point:
|
| "But it's not that I'm unhappy in my life. My life is good, but
| I'd rather not be here. You know it's like there's a nice room,
| but I don't want to be in that room"
| throwawayboise wrote:
| The guy sounds mentally ill.
| redis_mlc wrote:
| "I must admire my son's temerity to want to take his parents to
| court knowing both of us are lawyers."
|
| Love it! :)
| fsflover wrote:
| > So as we didn't ask to be born, we should be paid for the rest
| of our lives to live, he argues.
|
| So, basic income would solve it.
| ars wrote:
| Basic income also means taxing everyone, so you also have to
| pay to live.
| extropy wrote:
| Only if you have other income.
| deltree7 wrote:
| You don't have to tax everyone for basic income.
|
| Thought Experiment: Let's say we eventually have a super
| robot, which can build other robots which can produce all the
| goods and services the humanity can consume sustainably.
|
| Now, You(Government representing the people) can print money
| and give it to all of humanity to buy the goods and services
| from this Super Robot. At the end of the year, this 'super
| robot' (or the owner of the super robot) will have all the
| money that is printed.
|
| Next year, you can
|
| a) Print a fresh set of money and distribute, leading to this
| super robot accumulating all the money (but really who cares,
| you can make laws that limit how much non-renewable assets a
| single person or robot can own)
|
| b) Tax this 'super robot' 99.9999% and redistribute it again.
|
| Repeat (a) or (b) forever
| hellisothers wrote:
| The most far fetched part of this story is a "Govt
| representing the people" that would tax the robot.
| deltree7 wrote:
| Facts on ground prove the point.
|
| https://taxfoundation.org/top-1-percent-pays-more-taxes-
| bott...
|
| Don't let your bias or brainwashing go against facts. It
| is inevitable that the top 1% will be bearing most of our
| taxes
|
| Donald Trump was elected by a populist movement, not by
| the donor class.
|
| Government also printed $10 Trillion in the last two
| years and gave it away to mostly poor
| tata71 wrote:
| > Government also printed $10 Trillion in the last two
| years and gave it away to mostly poor
|
| Incorrect. QA/corporate bonds have been out of control,
| PPE etc loans that will be forgiven en masse after being
| given to the best and coziest customers of the large
| banks, etc.
| pcwelder wrote:
| "In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many
| people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."
| taddevries wrote:
| Don't forget your towel.
| pvaldes wrote:
| It seems that somebody wants to pay litigation costs
| inuev0 wrote:
| But he beaten all his possible brothers and sisters at the cum
| race. He fought to be the first, he killed others to born, he
| choose to born (trollface)
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