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Angelusz t1_j8hy8eg wrote

Reply to comment by frog_jesus_ in Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health by Nah_Fam_Oh_Dam

Forgive these people, they are currently living in literal hell, their entire lives have been destroyed in the blink of an eye. Some madness can be expected, people are desperate for some hope, positivity, love.

Be compassionate. What they did is wrong, but understandable.

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frog_jesus_ t1_j8ieosy wrote

No. Trying to excuse kidnapping a baby is really too much. There's nothing about such a crisis that justifies that in any way. All it is is parasites taking advantage of a horrible situation.

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hjnkbo t1_j8ij655 wrote

I could see heavily traumatized, grieving people having lost their own new born child clinging to every bit of (even irrational) hope. And therefore claiming it is their child instead of having to face reality and living with the fact that their own child died or is still missing under the rubble. This is speculative of course but calling them parasites is uncalled for.

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frog_jesus_ t1_j8j9p3v wrote

Anyone who tries to steal someone else's baby is a fucking parasite. If they are so selfish and absorbed in their own grief that they disregard the grief of the BABY'S ACTUAL FAMILY that THEY would be causing -- not some natural disaster -- they can go to Hell. You don't comp your grief by making grief for others. I stand by calling that parasitic.

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Angelusz t1_j8ikwdu wrote

I'm not saying we should accept or justify it, but just understand. They've been punished enough already. If they had succeeded then of course they must be stopped, but that's all hypothetical.

They are all still just very frightened and hurt humans. There is no normal response to such an insane situation.

But I really get what you're saying, I do.

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