Selfish beasts of the day award
Several readers e-mailed me this appalling story of parental abdication and sheer selfishness, via the London Daily Mail:
A Dutch couple has sparked outrage by giving up a seven-year-old South Korean girl they adopted as a baby – after claiming she didn’t “fit in” with their life-style.
The diplomat and his wife, who had taken in the child after failing to conceive, handed her to social workers in Hong Kong after having two biological children. They claimed the girl, who was adopted when four months old and has lived in the territory since she was three, was struggling to adapt to their culture, including food. Now the Hong Kong’s Korean community is trying to find a home for the unnamed child who is currently in foster care after being given up last year. The girl, who speaks English and Cantonese but not Korean, is neither a Dutch citizen nor a Hong Kong resident, so her future in the territory is uncertain.
In South Korea, parents cannot return adopted children, but no such law exists in Hong Kong.
The diplomat told reporters, who agreed to his anonymity, that his family was struggling to cope with their decision and said his wife was having therapy. “It’s just a very terrible trauma that everyone’s experiencing,” he said. “My foreign ministry knows about my situation. “I have also been in touch with the Hong Kong Government and they have been very helpful to me and so has my own employer.”
But the plight of the girl has sparked anger among social workers and many of the seven million people living in the territory. “It’s bizarre. I don’t think it has anything to do with cultural shock,” said Law Chi-kwong, an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Social Work department.
“The child grew up with them. They adopted her when she was a baby; they are responsible for shaping the child’s mind and culture.
“How can you say the child cannot adapt to the culture in which she was raised? This is just ridiculous.”
This poor young girl is yet another casualty of our disposable culture.
Planned Parenthood and the environmental zealots approve.
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That poor child, I can’t imagine what she’s going through.
Betrayed and thrown away like trash by the only parents she’s ever known.
How horrible. If we had the financial means, I’d adopt a girl from China in a heartbeat – I’d adopt any child in a heartbeat.
I would love this little girl with all my heart. Heck, I haven’t even met her and I already want to hold her and love her.
Wonder what these to selfish devils would to to their biological children if they decided said kids didn’t fit into their lifestyle?
I’m sure there are plenty of rationalizations and excuses that are acceptable to the liberals for such an act.
Retroactively abort them for the sake of the planet?
She can’t help but go to a better home, given the one she’s coming from.
his wife is in therapy, please what will this rejection to do this little child? therapy won’t fix that. he and his wife are pigs.
i can’t even catch my breathe, i am just astounded that someone could be that narcissistic. i want to slap him and his pathetic wife.
What did they do, keep her in a dark room and throw dog biscuits at her? What about the two biological children, who’s to say they won’t want to give them up at some time.
Give him a little of the ol’ Cynthia McKinney treatment?
And he’s a diplomat noless. As sickening as this is, it doesn’t surprise me a representative of the ‘international community’ did this.
Be quiet! This is a true superior, a diplomat from Europe. I think that is about as high up the food chain as one can get over there. Yes, all bow to his magnificence.
From the same great people that brought us fascism and communism.
It wasn’t that the child couldn’t “adapt”, it was the parents that couldn’t adapt to having the Korean child. Like something you buy, you get tired of it, you throw it out. They saw themselves as having problems with an Asian. Being the liberals they are (Dutch, remember), you dispose of the problem. Then go out and tell everyone how the world needs love and peace, and that the world needs to understand other peoples and cultures. Heck, maybe they get carbon credits.
what is wrong with these people? This little girl will be emotionally scarred for life for one thing. They should not allow these parents to do this. I would hate for the little girl to be placed in a bad situation with parents who don’t want her, but if these parents have other children then they certainly should be fit to raise this one they committed to.
They should tell this couple that if they don’t keep the little girl, they lose their biological children as unfit parents. I feel so badly for this girl.
What Sick B*stards they are.
Come to think of it they should take their other kids away as well. They are not fit to be parents.
ok, somebody help me out, how do I get in contact with HongKong Social Services? There’s a 7year old girl I’d like to adopt
Unbelieveable. Reprehensible. Both words fit.
What a despicable pair of…
What horrors of human beings those two people are. I can hardly express my outrage. Have they no soul? Have they no conscience? My heart bleeds for the child.
My husband was adopted and was blessed with two wonderful parents, yet he always wondered why he was given up by his biological mother. This poor child was given up twice. How will she ever get over that?
I will keep her in my prayers.
Not to mention the emotional damage they’re doing to their biological children. They’re giving away their sibling and I’m sure they’ll think that it can happen to them to.
Disgusting.
Yeah, it must be tough for an Asian kid to adapt to living in Asia.
Note:
The thoughtful MSM at work…
And people get upset by 35 seconds of being held under water.
Isn’t this kind of action a worse form of psychological torture? Imagine giving a 7 year old being given away by her own parents. I know which one I would choose in a second if I had my choice.
What is this poor child going to think for the rest of her life?
I have two daughters that I raised since they were 3 and 18 months. I am their dad and I love them as much as my other kids. The love they have for me so wonderful. I can’t imagine the darkness in the hearts of these people.
After seeing the headline, I thought this would be about the woman gang raped by Halliburton employees and kept in her in shipping container. The story about these monsters who call themselves parents is equally appalling. If they’re going to give up this child, they should have the other two taken away from them. Disgusting.
Think of how many loving, non-racist prospective parents were probably passed over to hand this kid over to the gruesome twosome because of their status.
It’s hard to believe someone can be so gisgustingly selfish that they would turn their backs on a child that has forever known them as her parents.
I hope all this publicity gets that child her first good set of parents. The first two sets were scum.
I’m so happy to know that she is being properly taken care of. I would hate to think that she traumatized by this experience. She needs to learn how to forgive herself and make peace with her decision and accept herself as a cold-hearted piece of human filth.
Maybe Woody Allen could take her in.
cute alphonse you twit.
Disposable children.
This is so horrible.
There is no excuse for them.
My prayers are with the little girl.
Who raised these two people?
How heartless. Those people must be as cold as a lizard. Pray for her, friends.
Michelle, instead of posting this under “uncategorized”, you should post it under “heartbreak”.
Diplomat? How about Schmucks?
I’m sure Planned Parenthood would approve of them just taking the seven-year-old out and shooting her – after all she’s unwanted, and that means she’s not a human being anymore of course, and it’s a lot cheaper just to kill her, right? Plus it’d be mean to let her live when no one wants her.
I hate these people, and Planned Parenthood too. I really do. If I were married I’d apply for the child myself.
I am speechless…. So So sad….
What? They don’t allow abortion thru the 24th trimester over there? How backward.
I just read this post to my full Korean wife of 20 years and it brought her to tears…what vile humans could bring themselves to do this to someone they’ve raised for over 6 years???? Yeah, they wanted her when they thought they couldn’t conceive, but she became inconvenient once they did. This child was not raised in Korea, but by Europeans. She would’ve been raised on a European diet and brought up with European customs. The idea that she had trouble coping with the culture is CRAP. What SCUM.
I have two beautiful Korean American children, 17 and 11, who would love to have this young lady as their sister. In this household, she would have the opportunity to learn about Korea, and even travel there…
It’s a pity that this happens. Korea still very much has a culture of throwing away little girls in favor of boys. Remember the 5 little Korean girls with the suicide pact (4 were successful) back in ‘88 or ‘89? They killed themselves so that their parents could afford to send their brother to school. It seems the parents just kept having kids until they had a boy. It is coming to the point that young males are having difficulty finding a mate in Korea as the ratio of men to women is skewed.
We would happily take this young lady in.
Cute comment, but stupid and idiotic.
Another stupid and idiotic comment.
This couple’s conduct is so far beyond the pale of comprehension as to defy logic.
By this very action, they have publicized the fact they are unfit as parents, and their excuses would be pitiful, if they were not so damned self serving.
It’s all about them…the ‘me’ me’ ‘my’ ‘my’…makes me so angry, I want to baseball bat that idiot.
Hey clueless moonbat…what about the CHILD?
Got to love those Europeans the liberals want us to emulate. After all they are so metropolitan, cultured, and sophisticated compared to us country bumpkin conservatives in this country. After all we have pesky Judeo-Christian values, believe in the rule of law, self reliance, and responsibility for ones actions. Too bad this disgusting selfish couple has diplomatic immunity allowing them to get away with anything short of murder. One can only feel deep sympathy for this poor abandoned child and pray for her delivery to a loving family.
As a former foster parent – I’m APALLED!
The kids we fostered were great kids and “in the system” through no fault of their own (same as this little girl).
Callous, self centered people should NOT have kids, much less be allowed to adopt them. That poor kid and how she must be feeling just breaks your heart.
If anyone finds a way to help this poor kid, Please post it.
I guess we now know the fashion forecast for Europe next year: selfishness is in and diversity is out. I hope these selfish beasts have to spend eternity in the Diversity Training section of Hell.
As horrible a story as this is and as terrible that girl undoubtedly feels I think in the long run she’ll be better off.
After all, now she won’t be raised by monsters.
The Dutch are a very liberal nation. Pot is smoken openly there and is legal, they believe in euthanasia, and has anyone visited the red-light district there? I have, to see prostitutes selling their wares openly in shop windows is quite a sight. This is what liberalism leads to, no respect for the sanctity of life. It’s sad, but I am not surprised, this is what we on this blog are fighting for, because the appalling attitude of this Dutch couple is exactly the product of the liberal way of life. Get pregnant, not convenient, no problem, have an abortion. This is the mindset we have to fight against, thanks to Michelle and others at least we have a voice. And as former European, I am sickened at these people’s attitude to the young innocent being they had promised to cherish and now have thrown away because she is not convenient any more.
What worries me now are the two biological children they have.
What if they’re not smart enough? What if they’re not pretty or handsome enough?
What if? Are they going to throw them away too?
Considering how shallow AND callous they are, nothing would surprise me.
Someone should take their children away. This woman is very unstable.
Sorry if I’m missing something here, but how does this story have anything to do with liberals, Planned Parenthood, environmentalists, etc.? Intellectual honesty anybody? Looks like a simple case of dishonorable and selfish people making a horrible decision. Here’s hoping this little girl ends up with the sort of loving family she deserves.
#44 said:
Attach “=a disposable culture” after all three subjects and I believe Michelle is saying that all of this ties together. When you cheapen life down to an inconvenience or a fashion accessory (as many in Hollyweird do)or you downgrade human procreation to an unacceptable burden upon mother earth (as Planned Parenthood and the enviros do)then you begin to see how all of these liberal positions can lend themselves to such a callous decision by this Dutch couple.
By all means get her away from these animals before they kill her. Must be EU libs. Hollywood/NYC liberalism. All talk until Showtime.
Let’s see here, they adopted a 4 month old child because they were not able to conceive a child of their own. They then apparently discover the manual that shows the proper way to connect part A with part B, and viola!, they have two biological children. And after 7 years and two of their own blood, the original reason for the original adoption is null and void.
And now they want a Mulligan on the adoption.
The truth of the matter is that a foreign born child of a different nationality had become an “inconvenience”. For them to say that the child was having trouble adapting to “a different culture” is utter horse crap. The only culture that child knows is that of her adoptive parents.
These people are the epitome of selfish bastards, and should lose their current children before they raffle them off for dental work.
They have just destroyed the life of a 7 year old. Way to go. Hopefully, they will be identified and share a little of the pain they have inflicted on this child.
Another nail in the coffin of European civilization.
Their children will be afraid to leave the hosue for fear of not being able to get back in. They’ll fear their parents leaving the room for “just a moment” for feat they’ll never come back. God forbid a real child molester kidnaps them, saying their parents left them in his/her care and don’t love them anymore. The children will believe it immediately.
It’s difficult for me to imagine people being any more heartless than this. I hope she wasn’t otherwise abused, and that these two – one certainly can’t call them parents – are made to answer for the abuse they’ve done to this child. With all that in mind, though, I have to believe it’s a blessing for her in the long term that she be away from them, and pray she finds a loving home.
Now…a quick silly comment.
Their seven year old was a picky eater? I’m shocked.
Thank you BrianNY, that is exactly what I meant. When euthanasia and abortion begin to be acceptable, then you start on the slippery slope that this Dutch couple are on.
It’s a shame the same thing didn’t happen to these “parents”. Maybe then they’d understand the stupidity of their actions.
If anyone finds a way to help this poor kid, Please post it. #39
Attention all Prayer warriors on MM’s site: Call to Prayer issued for the Safety & Rescue of this precious Human Being.
Almighty God in Heaven
even the Fall of the smallest Sparrow
goes not un-noticed by You.
Grant therefore,
the swift & immediate Rescue of this seven-year-old girl.
Amen, Amen.
So, what will they do with their biological children, if/when they “[don't] ‘fit in’ with their lifestyle”.
My heart aches reading this. I cannot for the life of me imagaine how any person with a heart could do this to a child. My hope and prayer is that this young girl will be given to a better family that will love her unconditionally and that she will one day move past this tragedy.
Amen…coldfront.
They need more than therapy. They need a conscience.
It seems to me if the family is struggling with the decision, the wife needs therapy, then it’s obvious it was the wrong decision.
There are no depths to which human beings will not sink.
I think John Calvin was right when he came up with the “total depravity of man.”
katieanne#56
you bet!!
added caviat:
& may we be allowed some small sign
as to the Great & Good Success
of our prayers!….
that we may know w/certainty
that we are NOT the fools
we are believed to be.
P.S. we were spared the damage of the IceStorm where i am…yeow….
no small thing!
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Aren’t the Dutch also the people who believe in euthanizing the elderly?