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Originally Posted by la petite moi
And this family isn't a burden on society or anything because they don't have any debt.
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Debt isn't a burden to society, it is a burden only to the debtor, and potentially the creditor if the debtor tries to escape that burden without full payment. Their burden is multi-fold. First, unless they farm their own food (all of it) there is an extraneous amount of food going to just this family, when still far smaller families in the US itself go without food. Wrong answer! Come college time, god-forbid they are smart and get scholarships. Again, this family could potentially have a small squadron of freely educated children at the behest of other families trying to get one kid through college. The list goes on and on, both in the definite and potential realms.
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Originally Posted by alicat
I first heard about them 4-5 yrs. ago and it pissed me off then and still does today. Their religion and selfishness (imho) aside, what really stuck in my craw was the donations and freebies they were taking in.
If they won't stop having sex, then use birth control. If they won't do either and want to breed their own little army, then they sure as hell should be able to support that brood without help from other people.
I have no idea if they're still accepting charity (my peaceful calm prevents me from reading their site), but Jim Bob must be one hell of a real estate agent if they paid for their 7000 sq ft compound on their own while feeding and caring for all those kids. Maybe it was child labor, The House the Duggar's Built.
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Indeed! They won't stop having children because it is not aligned with their religious practices. I have to say though, that if people are willing to give them things, more power to them. I mean, people certainly don't NEED to give them shit. I know I wouldn't. If I had the money and resources, there are far more deserving causes than a fucking human-rabbit hybrid race that the Duggar's must certainly be bringing in as our new overlords!
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Originally Posted by TotalMILF
One thing that worries me about this family is that NONE of the children seem to have friends. They all just hang out with each other, all the time. And when they're not studying they're raising their younger siblings. Seems like a very sad existence to me.
I just don't think there's any way Jim Bob and Michelle can properly give all 17 of their children the individual attention they need and deserve. There aren't enough hours in a day! It really is a case of the siblings raising each other under management of Mr. and Mrs. Duggar.
Pathetic.
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Yeah, I agree that the likelihood is that these children are socially stunted. It may not appear so outwardly, but all the press and specials show them in their family enclave. Show them in a few years as they head out to college and the workforce, if they are allowed to do so, and see how they fare. Kids might be cruel, but adults can be moreso. Just mark my words, it'll be ugly for most of them.
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Originally Posted by Jetsream
Do any the children speak of negligence due to improper supervision?
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Would it not be difficult for them to judge such a thing with no outside influences in their lives? What would any of them know of a one- or two-child family with public schooling and working parents, which is more or less the societal norm these days. Take it to a more heinous level. How many abused, physicall or sexually, children really understand that something is wrong? If it's all you know it's almost never a problem for you until later in life.
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Originally Posted by warrreagl
As long as I don't have to sit next to them in the restaurant....
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Haha, this must be your vision of hell warrrreagl. If this occured, and you came on the TFP to bitch about it, I'm pretty sure for a change I would be firmly on your side!