[identity profile] fallofrain.livejournal.com 2004-09-03 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god. My mother could never make that kind of choice. She's always said so and anyone who forces a woman into that position deserves pain. A lot of pain. :(
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[identity profile] kyburg.livejournal.com 2004-09-03 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
People aren't born with that kind of hate in them. Babi Yar, anyone?

[identity profile] nullcherri.livejournal.com 2004-09-03 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I would have ditched the kid. He wouldn't have remembered.

[identity profile] brynna.livejournal.com 2004-09-03 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god... that is so incredibly heartbreaking, and horrifying. I'm not usually too big on the whole vengance/violence thing, but there are times...

[identity profile] saowin.livejournal.com 2004-09-03 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Couldn't she have just told the 6 year old to go in her place, and let both of them live?

[identity profile] saowin.livejournal.com 2004-09-03 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Nevermind.

[identity profile] debu-chan.livejournal.com 2004-09-03 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Even mothers are generally selfish, and don't wish to die.
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[identity profile] bloodangel.livejournal.com 2004-09-04 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't have picked a two year-old over a six year-old...