Poll: Would you kidnap a child?

[AtheistGuy]

Now that you've clicked on this thread to see what merits asking such an outrageous question I can begin.

Yesterday I was watching Family Guy when I saw an episode where a child suffering from a highly treatable form of cancer was prayed for by his Christian "scientist" parents instead of being given treatment. At this point I was thinking of just kidnapping the child and taking it to the hospital myself (Which the Griffins later planned). That got me thinking. Would anyone else do the same? Why? Why not?

EDIT: For those of you who didn't watch, the Griffins kidnapped the child because the police did nothing about it. Add that to the mix if you please.

 

[nyttyn]

That's that the police are for.

And the police will get crackin' on you if you try to break the system.

Ergo, no. Call the cops, yes. Make sure they take care of it, yes. Do something if they'll let me. But kidnap the child? Hell no.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I'd call the cops in that situation. I could never kidnap a child seeing as I could instantly think of someone doing the same thing to my nephew.

 

[nccish]

Luckily I don't live in a country where I have to worry about this.

But no, I probably wouldn't resort to kidnapping.

 

[AtheistGuy]

That's that the police are for.

And the police will get crackin' on you if you try to break the system.

Ergo, no. Call the cops, yes. Make sure they take care of it, yes. Do something if they'll let me. But kidnap the child? Hell no.

To my knowledge that hardly ever works. The cops are involved, parents go to court, then get away with it because of "The right to practice their religion" all while the child is suffering.

 

[Lucem712]

Now that you've clicked on this thread to see what merits asking such an outrageous question I can begin.

Yesterday I was watching Family Guy when I saw an episode where a child suffering from a highly treatable form of cancer was prayed for by his Christian "scientist" parents instead of being given treatment. At this point I was thinking of just kidnapping the child and taking it to the hospital myself (Which the Griffins later planned). That got me thinking. Would anyone else do the same? Why? Why not?

You know, I watched that episode a few nights ago. And as much as I hope I would be a rational person and not do that. I probably would. And, seeing as how the police in that episode didn't deal with it. Definitely! Awful, yes, but just being honest.

 

[nyttyn]

That's that the police are for.

And the police will get crackin' on you if you try to break the system.

Ergo, no. Call the cops, yes. Make sure they take care of it, yes. Do something if they'll let me. But kidnap the child? Hell no.

To my knowledge that hardly ever works. The cops are involved, parents go to court, then get away with it because of "The right to practice their religion" all while the child is suffering.

This would not fall under "right to practice religion." This would fall under "gross parental incompetence," beacause they can pray all they effing want, but if they know and have the means to obtain a cure for said cancer, failing to obtain it would fall under incompetence.

Unless of course that stupid as all fuck supreme court decision that religious law > federal law holds true.

 

[Ammutseba]

No, because in Europe we have our brains implanted inside our rectums.

 

[zidine100]

No because it will lead to nothing, the police will come and get faster than fast and you will go to jail before you can do anything, they will be alerted at the hospital so you would just get caught there, the parents might get away with this, you wont.

 

[zxvcasdfqwerzxcv]

Yes if the police and the state would do nothing about it. If a child is being definitely abused and the situation is being ignored then I believe I would try to protect the life of that child. However, only as a last resort.

In this case, I think 'kidnap' would be replaced by 'rescue'

 

[DanielBrown]

No, I'd probably call the cops or the social... services. Whatever they're called in English.

 

[Vault101]

this was family guy?

If I couldnt go through proper channels, then mabye

 

[PunkyMcGee]

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

 

[ultimateownage]

The fact that your name is 'AthiestGuy', and you're talking about an episode of an awful show where Christians are portrayed as idiots who would let their children die, really irritates me.

 

[As Seen On 360]

No, because in Europe we have our brains implanted inside our rectums.

Can't figure out if you're being sincere or sarcastically referring to the US in those regards with that statement.

No I would not. It's got nothing to do with having a heart or being a good person. It's about risk vs. reward, in reality my kidnapping a child would most likely result in a hospital seeing through my ruse, him going back home and myself being brought up on criminal charges. After all, I'm hardly in a position to treat the cancer, so it's too much red tape to attempt evading that the outcome is pretty much guaranteed.

In the end you're more likely to have wasted the only time the kid had left to play and enjoy their life, who's the supposed bad guy in that scenario? That and the parents most likely convinced them that dying and being with God is the ultimate goal, so they may very well be comforted by the situation. You don't combat faith with reason, faith wins because people want purpose in their lives.