Poll: Would you kidnap a child?

[Sejs Cube]

Wouldn't kidnap the kid myself, would contact Child Protective Services and get the kid out of that situation and given the treatment it needs. When the actions or inaction of the parents are grossly detrimental to the welfare of the child, there are systems in place to deal with that sort of situation for a reason.

Freedom of religion doesn't even enter into it. One's freedom of religion extends only as far as the person themselves; it ceases to be a factor the moment it abridges the rights of another person. In this case, the parents' right to religious freedom would be intersecting with the child's basic human right to life. The kid's age doesn't factor, either - guardianship of a minor doesn't mean that the minor is property, they've still got rights that are protected under the law.

 

[Lilani]

-snip-

I think the very mentioning of that episode sort of answers your question. The final resolution wasn't that Peter and Lois kidnapped the kid. It was that they just talked with the parents and explained that perhaps medicine and doctors ARE agents of God among us ready to answer our prayers for health. If they had just sat down with them and said that the first time they went to their house they could have had the whole thing resolved in 15 minutes

So, yeah. That's my perspective on it. By kidnapping the kid you do not change their ideals, in fact you probably just cement them further.

 

[Mikeyfell]

Hmmmm?
A christian kid dies because christian parents are stupid?

If that was a game show I'd watch it every day.

Answer: NO. If you're that ignorant your kids can die as slowly and painfully as you want them to

 

[Necroid_Neko]

Perhaps if it was something a lot more serious than them refusing to treat their child's cancer. Ususally I would just call the police, but if, say, I had just discovered a child who had been badly beaten by their family, I would take the child to my home to look after him/her until the police arrived. I wouldn't call it kidnapping though :/

 

[Woodsey]

Kidnapping is unethical. It's not unreasonable to pray even in such extreme and laughable circumstances.

It is unreasonable to pray and not do anything else about it.

OT: Well, fortunately, there's no way they'd get away with that (not over here at least) so I wouldn't have too. But if that was the case, and no one would do anything, then I'd like to think so.

 

[Rowan93]

I wouldn't so much kidnap the child as (get a bunch of guys much tougher than me which means just about anyone and then) break into the parent's home and tell them they really should be seeking actual medical attention for their child. While it might be difficult since they're evidently crazy people, convincing them with the threat of massive repeated property damage will be easier than the whole process of kidnap-then-take-to-hospital-somehow-without-getting-caught.

actually, no, more realistic again: Find somebody with more balls than me with similar views re: these people are crazy, and suggest they do something like this.

 

[evilneko]

Damn right I would! Especially if she were as cute as Hanyuu or Ushio!

Spoiler: OMOCHIKAERIII~

Oh wait, this is about child abuse. Uh, yeah, cops. Call them. Ehehe...

 

[evilneko]

Damn right I would! Especially if she were as cute as Hanyuu or Ushio!

Spoiler: OMOCHIKAERIII~

Oh wait, this is about child abuse. Uh, yeah, cops. Call them. Ehehe...

I have this distinct feeling that if I had a quick look through your computer I'd find a stash of Lolita porn.

Not child porn. Nope.

It's animated... THEY HAVE BOOBIES! Children don't have boobies!!!

... right? Right guys? Cause I know they're in cute lil disney princes panties, BUT THAT DOES NOT mean they're children!

........ right?

lolz...

Pfft, oppai lolis [small]well, except Usa Mimi...[/small] are abominations.

Wait, I just dug that hole deeper, didn't I....

 

[Micalas]

I'm sure you're not allowed to not let your child have medical attention. So, uh, no I wouldn't kidnap a child, just get SS involved or something.

I fail to see how Nazis would help this situation.

 

[Iwata]

Taking another piece of fiction here, there's an old "Babylon 5" episode that deals with this exact same scenario.

Dr. Franklyn wants to perform a life-saving operation on a child, but the family's religion prevents surgeries of any kind. The doctor performs the surgery anyway, and lets the parents know after the deed is done.

So they take the child home, and kill her.

The moral is, idiots will be idiots. Might as well respect their beliefs, and let them deal with the consequences.

 

[Agow95]

I say "yes" when I mean I would do resort to that if all else fails

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Hello social services? There's a child being neglected by their parents.

What's that? Social services actually do exist in the real world? You'll go and check on the child right away? Well that saves me a whole lot of time and effort.

 

[Pebblig]

I don't think I've ever attempted to relate Family Guy to real life xD So I shall have to say no.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

That's what social services are for. They would seize the child from the parents due to neglect, and put them into better care.

 

[Burntpopcarn]

No, it just seems unethical...

 

[kazeryu]

No I won't why not because I get in trouble and the kid can't even get treatment without the parents their consent.

 

[Beryl77]

I'd like to say I would because it's the right thing to do in my opinion or at least show the child that there is another way. The kid probably never formed it's own opinion and just thinks that whatever the parents say is good.

In reality I probably wouldn't. If the cops don't want to interfere then that means that I'm breaking the law and go to jail or at least I'd get sued.

 

[n00beffect]

No, I am not so valiant and altruistic, alas. I mean, hypothetically, I would; but, in reality I wouldn't. I would do something far more cunning and less-illegal - I'd spread the word. I would make it public, on THE INTERNET. You know what happens to crazies over the net, right? Like that b*tch that killed those puppies [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/31/girl-sparks-animal-activi_n_701011.html], by throwing them in the river, and how /b/tards found out who she was [http://gawker.com/5626105/4chan-on-the-hunt-for-puppy+throwing-girl]. I'd say that would suffice, since the nets are notorious for turning people's lives into living hell. A just punnishment for idiots and morons, me thinks, and quite befitting for the hypothetical couple in the description.

 

[SpaceBat]

no, because the child needs to die so that the parents can see how bullshit there belifes are.

NO. If you're that ignorant your kids can die as slowly and painfully as you want them to

Either my sarcasm detector is broken or you guys are trying way too hard to troll people. Nobody is going to believe that you actually mean what you're saying.

Anyway, no I wouldn't kidnap the kid. I would instead:
- Call child protection services and the cops. If that doesn't help,
- I'd spread this info through the neighborhood and cause an uproar. If that doesn't help...

Well...Desperate times call for desperate measures...

I would make it public, on THE INTERNET. You know what happens to crazies over the net, right? Like that b*tch that killed those puppies [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/31/girl-sparks-animal-activi_n_701011.html], by throwing them in the river, and how /b/tards found out who she was [http://gawker.com/5626105/4chan-on-the-hunt-for-puppy+throwing-girl]. I'd say that would suffice, since the nets are notorious for turning people's lives into living hell. A just punnishment for idiots and morons, me thinks, and quite befitting for the hypothetical couple in the description.

If the kid died before someone could get him/her some help and the parent's got off easy, at least everyone would make sure their lives would turn into a living hell because of this. They wouldn't have the fucking right to indirectly kill someone because of their retarded interpretation of their religion and would deserve a life filled with misery until the day they die.

 

[RedDeadFred]

You call Child Services or the Police. Don't take shit like this into your own hands...