Family...Lengths you would go to protect them? / myLot

Australia

December 12, 2006 6:13pm CST

Would you lie, steal, kill or cheat to protect your family? If you were broke and couldn't afford to feed your family, in particular your child/children would you lie, steal, kill or cheat to get the money to give them the basic neccessitites? I'm talking about if NOONE will help you. Not friends, not family, not welfare, no anyone. Should you give your child up for adoption or go to ANY lengths to keep them and provide for them?

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5 responses

muffy_092000

@muffy_092000 (379)

• Philippines

13 Dec 06

no..if i can do it in a right and lawful way why should i do stealing or killing??? if i cant afford to feed my children there are lots of works that i can do..i love my kid and i will not let anyone get it from me.

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megs85

@megs85 (3142)

• Australia

13 Dec 06

I'm saying if you have exhausted all legal possibilities would you then resort to illegal activities? Like stealing a loaf of bread for them to eat?

Darkwing

@Darkwing (21583)

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13 Dec 06

No, I wouldn't lie, steal, kill or cheat to protect my family. I dearly love them all, but those actions are not necessary. I would teach them to become self-sufficient. Take them fishing, searching for edible vegetation, berries, stuff like that. It wasn't always necessary to have money to support and protect your family, so why should it be any different now? There are always ways and means without resorting to crime. I suppose the word "kill" comes into this because you have to kill fish and perhaps animals or birds to eat, i guess, but not to make money. In the true sense of it, I would be quite happy to return to nature. I've always dreamed of being free of the humdrum life we lead today. Nobody is ever satisfied with what they've got, and when they don't have it, they get distraught and do silly things. So, my answer is "no", never; not in the sense you're asking.

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megs85

@megs85 (3142)

• Australia

13 Dec 06

Thanks for that insightful response. I on the other hand feel that in this day and age it snt possible to revert back to nature, as there are things babies and childrens become accustomed to. For example my son is allergic to milk. His formula is 120 dollars a can. There is no natural substitute as he is also allergic to soy milk and goats milk and needs this special hydrolised stuff. If I cant afford to buy it, and noone will help me, what should I do then? *This is hypothetical for the record...