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Of course we all felt bad for Tiny Tim but....

posted 14 years ago by fiatlux-1
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...I had a little harder time feeling bad for the parents. If they were so freaking poor, why the heck did they have SO MANY CHILDREN?!
And the small, kind kids have to work! Its one thing for a teenager to work and help out, and I know there were no child labor laws then but....
the parents should have been ashamed to make their kids work. Its THEIR job to take care of their own kids.

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"Didn't he discover America?"
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[–] sublimesting 13 years ago

Bob: "Sorry mum I messed up again..."

Mrs. Cratchett: "What?....Oh, WTF Bob, you didn't pull out?!!?!! Again!"

Bob: "Like I said, sorry Mum."

Oh no! We broke Mom's favorite vase playing basketball in the house!
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[–] fiatlux-1 11 years ago

There have always been some form of birth control, even if all there was was The Rhythm Method or abstinence!

"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

[–] slhma10 9 years ago

this movie isnt about poor people not having children for Gods sake..stupid republican

[–] green_Swedish_car 12 years ago

Many couples had several children during that time because of high infant mortality rates. Many children died young due to diseases doctors did not yet know how to treat and prevent. Having as many children as possible increased the chances of at least one of them surviving to adulthood.

[–] loraleechoate 9 years ago

You are taking current ideology and trying to apply it on history, which never works.