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Posted by JPC on Fri May 4 09:56:50 2007, in response to Vegan couple gets *life* for starving their baby to death, posted by Olog-hai on Thu May 3 18:23:43 2007. There's nothing inherently wrong with a vegan diet. Yes, it's hard to get certain B vitamins, and you can't get heme iron as well as a few other things, but if you're careful (and use vitamin supplementation as necessary) you can do quite well.Babies, however, need a higher percentage of fat in their diet than adults do, for brain and nervous system development. I'm no expert, but I'd suspect a vegan diet isn't a good idea for an infant (even if it works with adults). However, this has not a damn thing to do with veganism. It is about criminal neglect at the very least and perhaps premeditated murder. The baby is born. Do they take it to the hospital or to see a doctor? Further, the baby either is born at less than 3.5 lbs, or over time *loses* weight - do they take it to the doctor then? Anybody who's ever seen a baby more than once knows how rapidly they increase in size the first few months. This one didn't do that. Did they take it to the doctor then? Everybody knows babies have lots of cuddly "baby fat." This one didn't. Did they take it to the doctor then? I'm also willing to bet there were plenty of other signs of malnutrition and/or dehydration - skin tenting, sunken eyes, swollen tongue, etc. - but the obvious signs above should be more than enough to convince even the most mentally challenged parent to take their kid to a doc. Did they ever go to a doctor while the kid was still alive? No. Even the stupidest parent in the world would realize something is wrong. These parents intentionally killed their child. Either that or they are so mentally deficient that they probably should be institutionalized. Oh gee, I didn't know that stabbing that man repeatedly in the chest with an ice pick could hurt him. You mean throwing babies out a sixth story window isn't good for them? I thought old ladies liked it when I ran them down with my car. |
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