Still Waters Posted December 14, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 14, 2012 A Chinese farmer has come under fire for keeping his 100-year-old mother in a pigsty, prompting a debate over how China cares for its elderly. Chen Shoutian, from Guanyun county in Jiangsu province, has faced a barrage of online criticism since a local television station broadcast a report claiming his mother had spent two years sharing a cramped, cinderblock shack with a 440lb sow. http://www.smh.com.a...1214-2bdqt.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousGreek Posted December 14, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) What has his mother done to him, to be treated like that now? These things are preposterous!!! Edited December 14, 2012 by CuriousGreek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor T Posted December 14, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Thats shocking. To treat your own mother like that is beyond disgrace.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted December 15, 2012 #4 Share Posted December 15, 2012 What a horrible excuse for a son. I'm assuming when he gets that old he will be glad to move in there too. He should get back what he dishes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharma warrior Posted December 15, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) No complaints from the pig? I mean the 400 lb sow, not his mother. Edited December 15, 2012 by dharma warrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted December 15, 2012 #6 Share Posted December 15, 2012 that is nasty! however it says in the article that one of the relatives tried to get her to leave and she refuses. apparently she's decided she likes it there. no doubt she is mentally not entirely there at 100 yrs old but i got the impression she was free to go at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Bonita Posted December 16, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 16, 2012 That's awful,how could you let your mother live like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipotep Posted December 17, 2012 #8 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I seem to recall a thread here at UM where a disabled person in China was being kept in a cage or something like that . Strange ways of looking after the elderly or disabled . TiP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted December 17, 2012 #9 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Strange ways of looking after the elderly or disabled . TiP. ....as compared to leaving them unattended in a mixed hospital ward to die slowly of starvation and dehydration? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfknight Posted December 17, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 17, 2012 That is shocking to do your mother like that. Atlease hogs are clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted December 17, 2012 #11 Share Posted December 17, 2012 My father's response when I showed him this story? 'Is this a threat?' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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