# My old friend just went to jail for killing his baby. how would you feel? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-friend-just-went-to-jail-for-killing-his-baby-how-would-you-feel/598939 "2011-10-07T21:08:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-friend-just-went-to-jail-for-killing-his-baby-how-would-you-feel/598939/121 "2011-10-10T14:23:29Z")
If this friend is the one in the news story, that’s horrifying. I mean, I’m a parent, I know the momentary impulse to do _something_, _anything_ to stop the crying, but fuuuuck! Murder, plain and simple. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-friend-just-went-to-jail-for-killing-his-baby-how-would-you-feel/598939/122 "2011-10-10T15:26:00Z")
> [@mister\_mistro](#): > > it is iggnorent. You got that right! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-friend-just-went-to-jail-for-killing-his-baby-how-would-you-feel/598939/123 "2011-10-10T15:42:15Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > You have to triage the situation. If the birth of one baby destroys multiple lives, I weigh it as a positive if that baby doesn’t exist. That’s more than enough. **ZPG Zealot** , I’m giving you a formal warning for being a jerk. And I’m closing this thread because it’s becoming a flame-fest. The topic seems to have been exhausted anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-friend-just-went-to-jail-for-killing-his-baby-how-would-you-feel/598939.md?page=6)