27-year-old man wants to sue his parents for giving birth to him 'without his consent'

[mfcorey1]

(Meredith) - A 27-year-old Indian businessman is going viral after he announced a plan to sue his parents for bringing him into this world without his explicit consent.

Raphael Samuel, from Mumbai, identifies as "anti-natalist," BBC News reports. The term derives from the ideology that life is so full of misery that people should stop procreating.

Samuel said because he didn't ask to be born, he should be paid for the rest of his life.

He told the BBC that he's struggled to understand why he was conceived since age 5.

"I was a normal kid. One day I was very frustrated and I didn't want to go to school but my parents kept asking me to go. So I asked them: 'Why did you have me?' And my dad had no answer. I think if he'd been able to answer, maybe I wouldn't have thought this way."

The 27-year-old acknowledged that it would be impossible to gain consent from an unconceived human, and has yet to find an attorney to take his case. He's also facing another hurdle: both of his parents are lawyers.

https://www.cbs46.com/year-old-man-wants-to-sue-his-parents-for-giving/article_31547b94-8d47-5618-aece-b49640a8b739.html

[Dennis Donovan]

1. They probably want to countersue for breach of contract...

They thought they were getting a loving son.

[dalton99a]

2. They forgot to ask his permission before having sex

[KG]

3. was looking for the Onion byline

[smirkymonkey]

4. This should be interesting.

He kind of has a point though. I'd really like to see him go at it with the pro-lifers. That would be a hoot.

[fescuerescue]

7. Nah. This is the peak

That case will get dismissed about 5 minutes after it's filed. Pro Se, because no attorney wants to get sanctioned for bring such non-sense.

This barely rises about click-bait.

[treestar]

5. When people use that saying "no one owes you a living"

it makes me think of how no person asked to be born. I think society owes each person a chance to make a living. It is a failed society if it has no place for each new person it brings in.

[VOX]

6. RWNJ's ambivalence: A blend of "precious unborn life" and frivolous lawsuit.

“That beautiful, pure, innocent and divine unborn child is obviously not appreciating his own sacredness!”

[JHan]

8. he should be sued for this disguise