Yesterday’s most viewed video on YouTube was one about a Samoan baby called Miracle Tina who has been born with major, but I’m saying MAJOR birth defects. I watched the video, it’s hard to watch, trust me, and I’ve made an opinion about this, in my mind, in my heart.

And then I started to read some of the comments which appear right under the video and I was absolutely astonished. Why? Because a trial was taking place and some of the people were saying that it was a courageous act from the part of the parents to let this baby live and to take care of him and some others were stating that this baby should have been left to die because he will still suffer, first, physically, due to all surgeries that are about to be done, and then psychologically, because living in this world, like this, is going to be tough.

And I just realize that, were I to be asked what I would choose in these parents’ situation, I would be put in difficulty when having to give a straight answer. Now I feel like crap, because there’s no one in the world that can say how precious life is better than me. However, my answer would be that a life remains a life and it is not us to decide whether we take it or not.

I will not post this video in here, as it is quite disturbing, if you want to see it, just search it on YouTube - SAMOAN BABY MIRACLE TINA Defies Odds of Survival 2008.