Babies have no chance if their parents choose to booze.There must be words to describe the sad story of baby William The tense of this article is unsuitable for an encyclopedia. Please consider rewriting to a detached, past tense. Baby William (b. 2001) is a fictional character on the popular science-fiction television show The X-Files. Boyd but I can't find them. He was born into chaotic, hopeless misery. In his brief life, he knew only the stench of dirt and alcohol as his parents fumbled around him in a drunken, blurred stupor stupor /stu·por/ (stoo´per) [L.] 1. a lowered level of consciousness. 2. in psychiatry, a disorder marked by reduced responsiveness.stu´porous stu·por n. . He died, aged just seven months, on a couch... Squashed to death beneath his sleeping mother and two other adults who had been bingeing on drink for days. He was - and I do not say this lightly - almost certainly better off dead. William came into this world as a result of a chance meeting between strangers. But it was a vicious parody of a love story. James Boyd, 40, and Liz Rutherford met when she was staggering around a Fife bus station in a drunken stupor. James took her home, and over the next few months they went on binges together. Somewhere in between, Liz, 35, became pregnant. She still drank heavily during the pregnancy. At the birth, his father caused a disturbance at the hospital. Both were chronic drunks. In his first four months, baby William was twice admitted to hospital and was once taken into care. He was handed back to his parents two months before he died... after social worker David Deacon struck a bizarre deal with his parents. He said they could have the child back - IF they drank on ALTERNATE nights. So while one kept sober, the other drank. It had as much chance of success as an Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), worldwide organization dedicated to the treatment of alcoholics; founded 1935 by two alcoholics, one a New York broker, the other an Ohio physician. mailshot mailshot Noun a posting of circulars, leaflets, or other advertising to a selected large number of people at once mailshot n → mailing m inv mailshot . So now, as William lies in his grave - unmourned, except for some pathetic, self-indulgent, alcoholic tears - a full scale row is developing over his death. A sheriff said his death resulted from a major error of judgment by a social worker who still didn't accept he had made a mistake. Fife Council say Deacon will not be disciplined and that it would be morally wrong to put all the children of alcoholic parents in care. They point out more than 100 children in Buckhaven and Methil Buckhaven and Methil (mĕth`ĭl), township (1991 pop. 18,775), Fife, E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. A former coal mining center, the port of Methil manufactures production platforms for the North Sea oil industry. are registered as living with alcohol abusers. If we have to point the finger of blame, we must do so fairly. Of course, Deacon made a sickening, stupid mistake. At the very least he could learn a little humility. But social workers do not have the powers of Superman. Nor the gift of foresight. They do their best and, overall, they are right more often than they are wrong. The blame for William's death lies with the parents whose irresponsibility killed him. Being alcoholic is not an excuse for stepping outside the bounds of decent human behaviour, though too many people think it is. Everyone who drinks makes a choice. Every alcoholic knows help is available - but chooses to be helpless. When baby William's parents chose to get blitzed blitzed adj. Slang Drunk or intoxicated. out of their tiny brains, they chose a course of action that left their son crushed and blue and lifeless... Suffocated by the weight of their own refusal to face up to life. BATTY BARONESS Margaret Thatcher gave a fair impression of an eccentric old bat when she whipped a paper tissue out of her bag to cover up British Airways' trendy new designs on their planes' tail fins. Those who patronise Verb 1. patronise - do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of buy at, frequent, shop at, patronize, shop, sponsor back up, support - give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; the old she-devil by saying she's lost her marbles are missing the point. Thatcher Thatch·er , Margaret Hilda. Baroness. Born 1925. British Conservative politician who served as prime minister (1979-1990). Her administration was marked by anti-inflationary measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a was always autocratic, forceful and rude. Old age has merely liberated her from all social niceties ni·ce·ty n. pl. ni·ce·ties 1. The quality of showing or requiring careful, precise treatment: the nicety of a diplomatic exchange. 2. . She'll get more embarrassing as she gets older. Especially when, as in this case, she's right. NO BARRY-MORE If I read one more story about Michael Barrymore's troubles, I shall scream. All this guff about what a good guy he is, how tortured he is, how brave his wife is. There are thousands of people coping with problems far worse than spoilt brat Barrymore and his millions will ever know. They battle addiction, illness, sexual problems, marriage breakdown and worse every day of the week. Only, they don't have the luxury of breaking down on prime-time telly to win sympathy votes. MEL (Maya Embedded Language) See Maya. Mel - The story of Mel SAYS The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: "An Eaglais Shaor Chlèireach") was formed in 1893 and claims to be the spiritual descendant of the Scottish Reformation. declared: People who go to dances are frivolous, empty headed, vain, silly, dissipated and dissolute dis·so·lute adj. Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices. [Middle English, from Latin dissol . I take it a quick tango's out of the question... |
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