I recently asked my parents to dig out my birth certificate because I need it to get Rikuto his own British birth certificate. When my mum emailed me to say she found it, I started to reply…”Thanks mum! There aren’t any surprises, are there? I’m not adopted from a small African nation, am I?”
I thought it was funny when I wrote it, but the smile was wiped off my face when I searched for a particular country to put into my joke. Within seconds of my search on Google, I found this:
I can understand “Urgent Need!”, but “Reduced Fee!”? Sounds like they’re selling a product, not a person. So how much do these reduced “items” go for? About $22,000 apparently.
I’m out of my depth on discussions of adoption, and I can’t comment on the reasons for putting a price tag on a child’s head. What I object to is the wording in these “advertisements”. I know there are families out there who don’t have a lot of money yet are keen to adopt, and more power to them, but the language used here just doesn’t feel right at all. 
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Well, it is what it is. If you (not you specifically, Nick) can buy a human, why get thrown off over the language of it? *shrugs* If they’re being sold, they then become products. It can’t be both ways.
Personally I’m impressed with your rigorous process Nick - researching which country to put in your one liner ^_^
Google is my best friend!
You know, I’ve been saving money for awhile. I can’t decide, though… A new LCD TV? A baby boy? Hmmm….
I don’t know whethet to laugh or cry, Nick. It seems so sad that people would really sell their children. I am reading a book about the hill folk on America where they used to sel their excess children because they could not afford to keep them.