The People's Court - Shopping for sperm donor on craigslist

The People's Court - Shopping for sperm donor on craigslist! pt. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wyz99pjM4c

The People's Court - Shopping for sperm donor on craigslist! pt. 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qro3xNB1xmY&feature=

This is not a spoof. For those not familiar with People's Court you can learn more about it here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People%27s_Court)

I thought I'd elaborate more about what I liked and didn't like about this case and the practice in general.

What I liked:

- Nice women - want children - that they would most likely love very much
- Sought a willing to be known 'donor'
- Met the man first, made sure he had the right intentions, liked him, formed a kind of relationship before they made their decision...
- The young man seemed very thoughtful and was willing (when his bio-children reached the age of majority at 18) to make himself known and (at the time) open to forming a relationship with his bio-donor- offspring IF his bio-donor-offspring wanted
- Televising the problems on People's Court made more people aware of the potential pit-falls.

What I didn't like:

- The commercialized aspect of it - Craig's List - $$$/legal "contract"
- "children" seen as a product, reproduction turning into a commercial endeavor
- This young man is very young - doesn't have children of his own yet, might not fully understand at his young age the consequences of his actions.
- The fact that they not only sued the kid because he couldn't put out but took it as far as nationally televising their very personal issue on People's Court
- The young man's $$$ motivations AND possibly ideological motivations (ideologies change as we age: see 3rd point re: age/consequences)
- The couple's and the young man's belief that the bio-father's non-involvement in the potential child's life is unimportant - at least for the first 18 years
- all a "child" needs is love and identity release at the arbitrary age of legal majority (18).
- The mainstream aspect of the message this sends - that fathers, even mother's are irrelevant - no one really has any responsibility (other than identity release at 18) for their own sperm/egg when combined to create a new (out of the womb) life.
- only "love" is important, but not necessarily of bio-parents (all forms of "love" are equal).
- There was NO discussion on how this might potentially effect any child/person/ their own offspring created from these transactions.
- There was NO mention on how the current PC mindset (adults desires over children/offspring' s) effects our long term cultural mindset towards procreation, responsibility, family, identity, belonging, heritage, mothers/fathers/ grandparents/ siblings etc. etc. etc...