In Continuum.

Generally, children are OK in my books. I don't think children are "gifts to the world", but at the same time I think they can be adorable and lovable if they want to. I remember that kid that tucked at my shirt at Toys R Us that other time to show me a truck that he was playing with, or that kid at the MRT who waved back at me when I waved to him. You cannot deny that the innocence in most children make you want to give them a pinch on their cheeks, or give them a big tight hug because they are just so adorable. I enjoy observing infants sometimes, the way they have holes for knuckles, and how everything is a miniature version of an adult. I'd try to imagine how they see the world, how everything might look like to them, or myself when I was their age. It must have been very different, and it must have been great to live without knowing what the word "worry" means. But then again, just sometimes, I have the urge to kick little children in their faces. Some children can be a rowdy bunch, especially when they are put together into the same room. They can really get on your nerves, with their inexhaustible energy and their ear-piercing laughs and screams. Sometimes, you just want to put a boot to their faces. 

Still, in general, I think I like children a lot. The problem with our society though, is when some people like them a little too much. I like children in the sense that I like their innocence to the world, and they do say the darnest things at times. Besides, ugly children are hard to come by, and they are almost always nice to look at. I like children just as long as they are not my responsibility, and when they are not running through my legs and chasing each other around the room. But then there are some men who like children a little too much, and they do nasty things to them. I think that is a monstrous act, to pollute their minds with your perverse and demented desires. These people should be castrated and raped in prisons for that matter, and never be allowed to see the light of day after what they have done. That's pedophilia for you, when adults prey on little children to satisfy their sexual pleasures. It isn't enough that older men are going for nineteen and eighteen year olds (still legal), they need to go for children that are even younger than the legal age. Which sickens me to the stomach when I heard about the Saudi Arabian man marrying eight year old girl - what the fuck? I don't usually curse in my entries, but what the fuck?

But, a little piece of news came to me last night that is even more disturbing than pedophilia. I think pedophilia is awful, but at least I have heard of such crimes before. It isn't supposed to be normal, but I have heard of it on the news. I have registered it as "a crime" in my head, but not what I heard last night. Well, technically speaking, what I heard last night isn't actually a crime. But it is still an epic display of stupidity that I cannot begin to comprehend. It involves a 13 year old boy named Alfie, and a 15 year old girl named Chantelle. Alfie looks like he could be 8 years old, while Chantelle looks as if she could be 22. They are from the UK, and they are the parents of a new born baby. That's right, a new born baby. I thought it was a joke as well, like that article on The Onion about the tragic accident at the sperm bank. This time, it isn't some kinda sick joke on the internet, but a real case from UK that has caused quite an uproar over there. A 13 year old boy and a 15 year old girl fornicated, and had a baby in the mean time. If that isn't disturbing enough for you, anti-abortion christians were quoted as saying that they "commend these teenagers for their courage in bringing their child into the world" What the FUCK is the matter with you?

Children that age are supposed to be playing with video games on television, or surfing the internet on computers. Playing soccer in the fields, or just hanging out with friends in school. They are not supposed to be playing with each others' genitals! That's not how it works! You stick to your toy box and she stick to hers. You don't start taking off your pants at 13 years old and stick your genital into hers! That's not what children are supposed to do, and that is also why you keep your children in school. Learn the right values, know that you shouldn't be sleeping around at the age of 13, have a baby, and expect yourself to be "a good father". You know, I think I'd be easier on those kids if they actually saw it as a mistake to have a baby. I think I'd be able to forgive them if it was just a mistake, that he knocked her up accidentally and the baby is all but a mistake of their wrongdoing. At least there'd be some guilt involved, at least they'd feel bad about it. But they refused abortion, and they were excited to have the baby. They even intend to raise the baby and be "good parents"! And how do you intend to do that when there is no sign of your armpit hair, and your voice hasn't even broken yet? 

Let's start with Chantelle, the 15 year old mother of this new born baby. We can't exactly call you a pedophile, because you are a child yourself. So you are just a kid who touched another kid a little too often with too much affection. What in the world did you see in that 13 year old boy anyway? It's OK if you want to date someone your age, you know, or someone a little bit older than yourself. I think it's even more socially acceptable if you are going to date someone who is 20 years old. What in the world do you see in a 13 year old boy, who really looks like a 8 year old in the first place anyway? He is not even old enough for, well, anything! Being his girlfriend is one thing, having sexual intercourse is another thing completely. How do you even bring yourself to be sexually attracted to a 13 year old in the first place anyway. He looks like a little boy, he probably doesn't even know about the bird and the bees until you showed it to him, and his penis is probably the size of my pinky when erected. Nothing about an average 13 year old seems to be very appealing, so what in the world were you thinking when you decided that it'd be a neat idea to have a baby with him? Are you out of your MIND? 

Now you, Alfie, you are just plain stupid. If there is a picture for stupid in the dictionary, it'd be your face plastered all over. You are stupid because you didn't stick with your video games and your soccer balls. You are stupid because you ventured out too far and into the pants of a girl two years older than you. You are stupid because you think that with ten pounds that your father gives to your as pocket money is going to make you a good father. You hardly even know how to be a proper teenage boy, and you expect yourself to be a good father to this child? No, you are not too innocent and naive, you are just being completely stupid. Yes, it is the fault of your parents, but I will get to that in the next paragraph when I get the chance. Right now, you are just the dumbest 13 year old that I know of, and you are the kind of child whose face I want to break with bricks. The right thing to do right now would be to give the child up for adoption, and give her to parents who can actually take care of her properly. I mean, when asked about the financial issues by the reporters, Alfie didn't even know what "financial" means. That is how disturbing the situation is. A child who doesn't know what "financial" means, wants to be a good father and being up a new born baby. You might as well throw the baby to the crocodiles or the apes, and I think they'd do a much better job than these retards. 

Now, the parents - FUCK YOU. You guys should have kept a closer eye on your children, and know when your 13 year old is being way too "chummy" with a 15 year old, vice versa. It really isn't the right time to tell your children about the bird and the bee when they've already gone pass that stage. They already have first hand experience with the bird and the bee, so you really should just try to convince them to put the child up for adoption. There is a reason why parents have the right to decide for their children before they are of legal age - because children before the legal age are still considered STUPID. Whatever that is screwed up with the children is almost always because of bad parenting. You obviously did a lousy job at bringing your children up, and has as a result caused them to be in this grave mess. Yes, they were stupid to have had sex at such a young age, and yes they were stupid to have given birth to the baby. But they are only stupid because you guys we too stupid to realize anything that was amiss. If there is a chance for me to bitch slap the parents with a stick, I probably would jump at the chance. This is when parenting has completely failed, and you have no excuses. The only right thing to do right now is to put the baby up for adoption. If your children can't see that it is the right thing to do, you should be the one doing it. You are supposed to be the rational one, now do the right thing! You don't encourage them and tell them that you guys are "a family" and that you will "pull through". You are a single mother of Alfie's, stop pretending that everything is OK, you imbecile. 

OK, anti-abortion christians, you guys can pull your heads out of your assholes right about now. Abortion is pretty scary stuff, because I think we've all seen that horrific video called the Silent Scream. Yes we know it is scary to have a giant metal pincer coming at you in complete darkness and trying to pinch your head off your little neck. But it is not going to doom you to Hell if you choose to go through with the procedure, because He does not... well, we'll get into that later. Not every women in this world have babies because they want to have babies. Women get raped all the time around the world, and some of them get accidental babies every once in a while. Do you seriously expect these women to go through nine months of pregnancy just because abortion is wrong? I'd like to see one of you idiots get raped one day, and then have the rapist impregnate you or something. I'd like to see how it feels like for you to carry an accidental baby in your stomach for nine months, like a constant reminder on your fridge that you were brutally raped that one time in a dark alley. Instead of being "anti-abortion", wouldn't it be better to be "pro-adoption"? Encourage people under these circumstances to put the child up for adoption, that is the right thing to do. You don't commend on what they have done, are you stupid? They can't even buy candies with the amount of money they get! You are just encouraging a whole generation of irresponsible parents into this world, dumb people. 

I showed this article to a friend of mine, and my first thought was "the kids are screwed". Seriously, all three of them are screwed, no matter how you see it, if the baby isn't put up for adoption. There are parents out there, with steady jobs and a big heart for babies. One of them may be infertile, and that isn't a rarity in today's society at all. They are the ones who want a baby, but can't. Give them a chance to be good parents, and not try to "prove to everyone" that you can be good parents. You don't have to prove anything, because you can't prove anything to anybody. We all know that with your age, and your financial status, and your intelligence (or the lack thereof), there is no way that you are going to bring up that baby properly. I think your entire family should just engage in inbreeding, and make sure your stupid genes remain within your own family. Don't pollute other people, because we don't want your stupidity to spread throughout the world. Keep your stupidity within your own blood, and move to some town in the middle of nowhere and we can forget about it. I feel sad for the baby, and incredibly angry that the parents allowed such a thing to happen. It's unbelievable, really, and it really should be some kind of punishment against stupidity like that. Stupidity, under any circumstances, should never be allowed.