Crack in the Pillar

Stop what you’re doing.

I was supposed to blog about a moral dilemma that I was quite certain that I will be able to answer.

Then someone sent me this e-mail…

A son asked his father, ‘Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?’ The father who, despite having a heart condition, says ‘Yes’. They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying ‘Yes’ to his son’s request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, ‘Dad, let’s join the Ironman together.’To which, his father said ‘Yes.’ For those who didn’t know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island .

Father and son went on to complete the race together.

No words can bring justice. Watch the clip.

You can pause the music, it’s on the top right most part of this blog, just below the counter.

What I really, really find dusturbing, is that tonight, I intend to blog something about a moral dilemma that I am having a really hard time to answer. Modern medicine has found a way to detect some abnormalities in a fetus at a very early stage. With this technology, what if the child you’re bearing was found to have Down Syndrome (mongoloid), will you keep the baby?

It’s easy to be a moralist and say yes. Who are we to decide on who’s supposed to live and who’s supposed to die? And I believe in this. Call me whatever you want, but I will stand remain.

But, what exactly is the kind of life that we are giving? Can we even classify that as “life”? Sometimes, people do things for two reasons: a good reason, and a real reason. Are you keeping the baby to promote life, or just to escape guilt….

Tthere are things that are worse than death. I know which I would rather. I do not support  termination of pregnancy, but now I cannot say that I am against it, either. So ifI see someone who kept the baby despite the fact, they have all my admiration and I will speak highly of them. If they didn’t, I can’t blame them either. 

If it were to happen to MY kid (theoretically speaking) I was supposed to give an almost definite answer. Then, of all the best times in the world, I watched this video. I will not waste time on explaining how the video changed my mind I think you can answer that yourself. So, back to the question…if it were to happen to my kid, what would I do?

If it were to happen to my kid, if I can find one single crack in the pillar, that there exists at least one child who was predicted to have a down syndrome but came out healthy and normal, then I will ask my wife (or whoever I impregnate, kidding)  to keep the baby. If there isn’t, then all I need is just a single shred of hope that this kid can be the first mracle child, I will have the baby born alive.

Good thing I checked on Wikipedia. Did you know that  a vast majority of early screen positives are FALSE? You do NOW!

But then, say that the kid was not really lucky, well after watching the video, I know that when that time comes, I will shout to the world with all my pride and all my might– I don’t care!…No matter the circumstances are, my kid’s life and happiness is well worth the risk. I have never been so sure in my entire life.

He shall live.

But he better not ask me to go join a marathon like THAT. Walang abnoy abnoy sakin I’ll push him off the cliff myself! Magmarathon sya. buset.