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Edited by Icarus026: 11/28/2015 1:55:42 AM
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I choose not to vaccinate my child

As a mother, I put my parenting decisions above all else. Nobody knows my son better than me, and the choices I make about how to care for him are no one’s business but my own. So, when other people tell me how they think I should be raising my child, I simply can’t tolerate it. Regardless of what anyone el[b]s[/b]e thinks, I fully stand behind my choices as a mom, including my choice not to vaccinate my son, because it is my fundamental right as a parent to decide which eradicated diseases come roaring back. The decision to cause a full-blown, multi-state pandemic of a virus that was effectively eliminated from the national population generations ago is my choice alone, and regardless of your personal convictions, that right should never be taken away from a child’s parent. Never. Say what you will about me, but I’ve read the inform[b]a[/b]tion out there and weighed every option, so I am confident in my choice to revive a debilitating illness that was long ago declared dead and let it spread like wildfire from school to school, town to town, and state to state, until it reaches every corner of the country. Leaving such a momentous decision to someone you haven’t even met and who doesn’t care about your child personally—now that’s absurd! Maybe I choose to bring back the mumps. Or maybe it’s diphtheria. Or maybe it’s some other potentially fatal disease that can easily pass among those too young or too medically unfit to be vaccinated themselves. But whichever highly communicable and formerly wiped-out disease that I op[b]t[/b] to resurrect with a vengeance, it is a highly personal decision that only I and my family have the liberty to make. The bottom line is that I’m this child’s mother, and I know what’s best. End of story. Politicians, pharmaceutical companies—they don’t know the specific circumstances that made me decide to breathe new life into a viral infection that scientists and the nation at large celebrated stamping out roughly a century ago. [b]I[/b]t seems like all they care about is following unexamined old rules, injecting chemicals into our kids, preventing ghastly illnesses that used to ravage millions and have since been erased from storming back and wreaking mass havoc on a national scale, and making a buck. Should we really be listening to them and not our own hearts? I am by no means telling mothers and fathers out there what to do; I’m simply standing up for every parent’s right to make his or her own decision. You may choose to follow the government-recommended immunization schedule for your child, and that’s your decision as a parent. And I might choose to unleash rubella on thousands upon thousands of helpless people, and that’s my decision as a parent. It’s simple: You don’t tell me how to raise my kids to avoid reviving a horrific illness that hasn’t been seen on our shores since our g[b]r[/b]andparents were children, and I won’t tell you how to raise yours. Look, I’ve done the research on these issues, I’ve read the statistics, and I’ve carefully considered the costs and benefits, and there’s simply no question in my mind that inciting a nationwide health emergency by unleashing a disease that can kill 20 p[b]e[/b]rcent or more of its victims is the right one for my child. People need to respect that and move on. TL;DR You have no right to tell me how to raise my child. It's my right to bring back Smallpox, the Bubonic Plague, and more through opting not to vaccinate my child.

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  • Lol I had a good laugh reading this

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    Gawd damn I have to applaud you. 100/10 I read this twice.

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  • Fuc[b] [/b]kyard

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  • This thread summed up.... OP, mockery of anti vaccines. Replies, posters with absolutely no reading comprehension whatsoever.

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  • I violated the [url=http://www.example.com]First Rule of Fight Club[/url] and was beaten by my Mentor

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  • [quote]As a mother, I put my parenting decisions above all else. Nobody knows my son better than me, and the choices I make about how to care for him are no one’s business but my own. So, when other people tell me how they think I should be raising my child, I simply can’t tolerate it. Regardless of what anyone el[b]s[/b]e thinks, I fully stand behind my choices as a mom, including my choice not to vaccinate my son, because it is my fundamental right as a parent to decide which eradicated diseases come roaring back. The decision to cause a full-blown, multi-state pandemic of a virus that was effectively eliminated from the national population generations ago is my choice alone, and regardless of your personal convictions, that right should never be taken away from a child’s parent. Never. Say what you will about me, but I’ve read the inform[b]a[/b]tion out there and weighed every option, so I am confident in my choice to revive a debilitating illness that was long ago declared dead and let it spread like wildfire from school to school, town to town, and state to state, until it reaches every corner of the country. Leaving such a momentous decision to someone you haven’t even met and who doesn’t care about your child personally—now that’s absurd! Maybe I choose to bring back the mumps. Or maybe it’s diphtheria. Or maybe it’s some other potentially fatal disease that can easily pass among those too young or too medically unfit to be vaccinated themselves. But whichever highly communicable and formerly wiped-out disease that I op[b]t[/b] to resurrect with a vengeance, it is a highly personal decision that only I and my family have the liberty to make. The bottom line is that I’m this child’s mother, and I know what’s best. End of story. Politicians, pharmaceutical companies—they don’t know the specific circumstances that made me decide to breathe new life into a viral infection that scientists and the nation at large celebrated stamping out roughly a century ago. [b]I[/b]t seems like all they care about is following unexamined old rules, injecting chemicals into our kids, preventing ghastly illnesses that used to ravage millions and have since been erased from storming back and wreaking mass havoc on a national scale, and making a buck. Should we really be listening to them and not our own hearts? I am by no means telling mothers and fathers out there what to do; I’m simply standing up for every parent’s right to make his or her own decision. You may choose to follow the government-recommended immunization schedule for your child, and that’s your decision as a parent. And I might choose to unleash rubella on thousands upon thousands of helpless people, and that’s my decision as a parent. It’s simple: You don’t tell me how to raise my kids to avoid reviving a horrific illness that hasn’t been seen on our shores since our g[b]r[/b]andparents were children, and I won’t tell you how to raise yours. Look, I’ve done the research on these issues, I’ve read the statistics, and I’ve carefully considered the costs and benefits, and there’s simply no question in my mind that inciting a nationwide health emergency by unleashing a disease that can kill 20 p[b]e[/b]rcent or more of its victims is the right one for my child. People need to respect that and move on. TL;DR You have no right to tell me how to raise my child. It's my right to bring back Smallpox, the Bubonic Plague, and more through opting not to vaccinate my child.[/quote] ASTIP

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  • Let's move your kid to the south in a trump costume [spoiler]it's the Indian blanket all over again[/spoiler]

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  • SATIRE

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  • Oh, one of those "I'm so clever" hidden satire messages. Why do people do that?

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    • Edited by Tmh: 11/28/2015 5:01:54 PM
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      Saying something that you wouldn't normally say, or just saying something incorrect and then calling it satire is probably the worst thing invented in this whole forum [b]SATIRE[/b] [sat-ahyuh r] noun 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

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      • Edited by Cayde: 11/28/2015 9:56:11 PM
        Great! Another one of those stone-high crystal remedy hippies. (¬_¬) You treat your son like [i]he[/i] doesn't have rights; if it is something that will protect him from a lethal disease, [i]he[/i] is going to want and need it. Look on both sides of the fence: yours, and HIS. [b]Edit 1:[/b] So apparently I have an inability to see bold letters as well as others. :/

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        • Looked for the satire tag. Was disappointed.

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          • Edited by ShapelessHorr0r: 11/28/2015 2:42:11 PM
            Good satire. I hope to God it's satire. But in a serious note, this quote: [quote]because it is my fundamental right as a parent to decide which eradicated diseases come roaring back. [/quote] Why have parental rights become such a big thing lately? In this case, you're not only harming the safety of local children, but you're also endangering your son. Does that son not have rights? Do the other children not have rights? The fact is that "parental rights," in abortion, vaccinations, etc, are a myth. A concept created by those who don't actually understand our nation or how the world works. Good Day, Shapeless.

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            • *in a documentary British voice* And here is a prime example of how revolution has begun to take hold in some forums. As you can see here op has begun to form and use basic literary elements. We can only imagine what will happen 100 years down the line.

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            • You sound like the type of mom that says, "My child should be friends with everyone and deserves the best" and a parent who allows their child to have a crap attitude towards you because "they're only a child".

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            • Love how the length of the post translates to people not reading it, and the choice to not include the redundant tag that anyone with an ounce of reading comprehension could have deduced from reading it. Great job OP. ITT: pseudo-intellectuals try to prove why vaccinating kids is important. You guys simply look silly.

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            • That's fine, whether it's right or wrong others have no control over how you treat your own kids. But the fact that you need to justify what you're doing to everyone and give some giant explanation may show that you're insecure in personal decision making. If you were truly confident in your choice, why would you need to explain yourself to everyone

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              • This is b8 right?

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                • When I saw the first bolded "s," I knew it satire.

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                • Really hope this is b8.

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                • ^^ ___ /| (°_>°) / | _ / \\/_ | ~~~\______/~|~~~~~ | | O | ○ | ____ ° | (\_/ )•_•\ J (/ \_<__/

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                • OP is a synth

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                • If you refuse to get your child vaccinated then you should be held liable for anyone who gets sick, whether it's your child or someone else due to it being possibly contagious. Not vaccinating is selfish and dangerous and should only be allowed if the drug is proven to cause severe side effects or is in itself, dangerous.

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                • Wow cool secret satire

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                • I'd actually be okay if people actually chose not to vaccinate their kids for this reason. Hell I might now even vaccinate my kids now because of this thread.

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