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Suleman was interviewed today on Oprah (Oprah’s becoming a trending topic on our site this week, I guess) and disputed the public’s claim that she’s a terrible mother, immature fame-seeker and anything else you might have called her in the past. She also copped to her multiple child-bearing endeavors as “immature,” but claimed that she’d never consider giving away any of her children. I applaud Nadya for coming clean to the point where an admittance of immaturity played a part in her child-farming ways and I can honestly say that have a certain new-found respect that she has no intentions of trying to worm out of her responsibilities as a mother. At this point, at any rate.
However, in one part of the interview, which you can view in its entirety here, Nadya Suleman asks the million-dollar question:
“Are we defined by our choices, our behavior, our actions?”
My response is yes, Nadya. We are. You are. If not for our behavior, choices and actions, a direct reaction to what’s going on inside these fabulous heads of ours, there would be no sustainable concept like “we,” “you,” or “I.” The only saving grace that we can collectively take solace in is the fact that the subsequent management of our rendered results count every bit as much as those sometimes-un-thought-out actions.
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I saw this earlier; she seemed very harried and liked to repeat herself. I did like that she admitted her decision to have loads of kids came from immaturity and selfishness, as well as a sort of neediness on her part.
I agree with Sarah, her comment about your actions and choices not defining who we are was really strange.
Well, I suppose we could just define people by their skin colour, sex, and income, but I kinda like choices and actions.
Ha.
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LOL agreed. Or we could forget that self-awareness and the ability to be logical, and act rationally and not on impulse or instinct is what defines us as human beings.
I don’t exactly admire people for admitting they were selfish, immature or wrong only after months of tabloids, magazines, talk show hosts and millions of people pointing it out to them. (and there seems to have been a lot of this lately.)
And as far as this goes:
“Are we defined by our choices, our behavior, our actions?” My response is yes, Nadya. We are. You are. If not for our behavior, choices and actions, a direct reaction to what’s going on inside these fabulous heads of ours, there would be no sustainable concept like “we,” “you,” or “I.”
This is one of the awesomest things I’ve ever heard on the interwebs. Thanks :)
“Are we defined by our choices, our behavior, our actions?”
Uh……yeah? Those are like the ultimate defining features of a person, in my opinion.