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You should not love your mother just because she's your mother, you should love your mother because she loved you and did her best to raise you well And if she
by Lewton 13y ago
You should not love your mother just because she's your mother, you should love your mother because she loved you and did her best to raise you well
And if she did neither she -deserves- no love
Keyword being deserves, of course you can love a bad mother
I don't see why different rules should apply to a mother who gave birth compared to one who adopted
- Demiurge 13y agoYou don't have to love your mother, if she doesn't love you. But you should still feel you owe her for your own existence. It's not that she (or country) can't do any wrongs, it's that whatever wrong they do, it has to be weighted against this ultimate gift, which few wrongs can outweigh. But, they certainly can. We are talking about outliers, though, the territory where all analogies break down :)