From: qqqq@7600.net   
      
   MSNBC ran a rehash of the Susan Smith case (rolled her   
   car into the lake, drowning her two young boys) over   
   the weekend to fill mid-day airtime.  It re-told the   
   sordid details, but what I found interesting was the   
   footage of her ex-husband, the boys' father.  He waxed   
   quite eloquent about what an evil woman she was, because   
   of what she had taken from him - seeing his childrens'   
   first day of school, playing ball with them, seeing them   
   grow up, etc.  Not ONCE did he seem to recognize or care   
   that her principal crime was taking, _from__the__kids_,   
   the entire rest of their own lives.  Apparently to him,   
   kids exist only for the satisfaction they provide for   
   their parents.   
      
   How widespread is this sort of thinking?  Or do I just   
   not understand it because I don't have kids?  If so, I'm   
   glad I don't, because I'd really hate to buy in to thinking   
   of another person that way.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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