Man tries to sell child to pay for home improvements...

[w_parietti22]

This kind of activity happens in third world countries.

In his case, he probably thought that it was a normal transaction between to families.

Now he will learn one significant difference between Vietnam and the US of A.

Exactly. What usually happens is a father will sell his 9-14 year old daughter to be married to the man her father is doing business with. In return the father recieves land, a cow, donkey, etc. Or if the father had borrowed something from the man and could not pay it back, he would give him his daughter to pay off the dept.

Very sad, but true.

 

[Queso]

Exactly. What usually happens is a father will sell his 9-14 year old daughter to be married to the man her father is doing business with. In return the father recieves land, a cow, donkey, etc. Or if the father had borrowed something from the man and could not pay it back, he would give him his daughter to pay off the dept.

Very sad, but true.

Don't forget that if she runs away afterwards, the father or a brother will hunt her down and murder her for bringing "dishonour" to the family.

Because selling family members is really honourable, right? That's why in the West you go to prison for it!!

 

[Les Kern]

Is it okay for me, morally, to WANT to sell my daughter on days that she saps my very soul?

 

[Cabbit]

Is it okay for me, morally, to WANT to sell my daughter on days that she saps my very soul?

You mean she is asking for pocket money and your too tight to give her any

(this sentence is not considerd offencive in scotland, if it is considerd offencive in england or wereever else your from sowwie)

 

[Doctor Q]

Is it okay for me, morally, to WANT to sell my daughter on days that she saps my very soul?

Yes, it's perfectly fine to imagine not being driven batty, ever being left alone, not being on duty 24/7/365 for decades, etc. You know you won't really sell the kids, so we'll forgive you for thinking that way when you've had it up to here.

 

[MUCKYFINGERS]

This kind of activity happens in third world countries.

In his case, he probably thought that it was a normal transaction between to families.

Now he will learn one significant difference between Vietnam and the US of A.

i want to point out that i'm glad the way you're pointing this out is not involving any racist attacks/racial bias against the man. at another message board i post at, people are so immature about this kind of thing that everytime a news article involves a person of another race, i brace myself for racial slurs/comments.

 

[njmac]

I also know that news stories, no matter what paper, always seem to be not accurate in some way. I didn't believe this until I had about a dozen articles written about my family and some were so inaccurate it was sickening.

I doubt this man wanted to sell her "for home improvement"

 

[Kingsly]

Looks like a candidate for the "people are stupid" thread
Selling a chile for home improvement?
Ugh.

 

[iBlue]

i think there's been a lot worse "transactions" out there. he was looking to give up his daughter (who he was struggling to care for) to a couple who couldn't have children but wanted to. kids have been knowingly sold into some far more horrific situations. i won't even mention how disgustingly awful those situations can be. this doesn't appear to qualify in such a category.

was it wrong? sure, but i think the way in which this story was presented has much to do with the reaction. he wanted to adopt her to someone but didn't want to deal with the legality. that's not too smart but it's not that far out there. it was the title that threw a preconceived notion of serious wrongdoing out there.

legal adoption is not a whole lot more wholesome. a knocked-up trailer trash teenage girl can take a wealthy but barren couple to the cleaners financially, all under the guise of the law. things that are legal are not always so much "better". this guy would have gotten less money from the couple looking to adopt his daughter than many a pregnant mother would get for giving up her baby legally. (look into what paying for a pregnant woman's health care costs lately?)

it was strange and inappropriate but probably not altogether as demented as it's being made out to be.

 

[sam10685]

With a father like that, maybe the daughter would have been better off if the sale had proceeded.

i doubt it... GOOD people don't usually buy kids. pedophiles do though.

 

[dornoforpyros]

I think this story (along with most others) has been over sensationalized. I mean yeah, you read "Man tries to sell child to pay for home improvments" and your blood starts to boil and you wanna see him strung from the highest tree.

But when you actually read the story, he couldn't support his kid, he knew this and wanted a better life for the child. He's in a tough spot and needs money, maybe these "home improvments" are common sence things like insulating his home, or fixing up broken windows?

Yes, it's sad, but I don't think we need to paint this guy as being evil.

 

[lem0n]

now, in Vietnam, people value their children, they would not give their chldren up for any easy matter... and nobody really want to give their children up, what if they felt into the hand of some evil adopted parents [like Cinderella and her step mother ] I have never heard of people giving their child up for adoption in VN, they'll try, try try until they die or something... and people consider children are the future [who else wil suppport you when you get old ] unfortunatey, that leads to lots of brats and over-studied students... TT_TT So... That guy must be really desperate and can't raise his daughter [can't find time to spend with her?] or he is just pure evil [he does look a bit evil in that orange ]

 

[sushi]

Cultures view children differently. Without naming the country, here's an example:

Situation: Family of 4 has two kids, both of whom are in college. Then the father dies.

Result: Son remains in college. Daughter is sold into prostitution so that the son can stay in college.

Whether we agree with these actions or not, they can be normal in other countries/cultures.

 

[solvs]

i doubt it... GOOD people don't usually buy kids. pedophiles do though.

Read the story. The woman he was "selling" his child to wanted to adopt her legally. When he tried to extort a lot money and refused to bring in lawyers, someone called the cops. The Mother of the baby took off.

 

[MarkCollette]

What a fool. If he'd only waited until she was a bit older, then he could have gotten a higher asking price.

Hell, he could have leased her out, paid for the renovations, and still had a kid to sell in the end.

Or, he could have just gotten her to do the renovations, and again, she'd be worth more with a trade under her belt * cough*