A 27-year-old Indian man has said that he is going to sue his parents for giving birth to him without he granting them the consent to bring him into this world.
Raphael Samuel, went viral after he made the announcement in a YouTube video in which he wore a fake beard and sunglasses, saying that his parents should pay for his life since he was conceived without his consent.
According to the BBC, Samuel said that it was wrong to bring children into the world because they would have to put up with lifelong suffering.
Though Samuel understands that the consent of an unborn child can't be sought, he however insists that people that were born didn't ask for it.
"Something that was not your decision, you cannot be responsible for it," Samuel said.
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Samuel's belief is based on anti-natalism, a philosophy that argues that people should stop procreation because life is full of misery.
"I want people to understand that they do not owe their parents anything and that if we are born without our consent than we should be maintained for the rest of our life," Samuel said in the YouTube video. "We should be paid to live by them."
Though he plans to sue his parents, Samuel said that his parents (both of whom are lawyers) have no hard feelings towards him and that he also loves them.
"I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure," he told The Print.
"My life has been amazing, but i don't see why i should put another life through the rigmarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn't ask to exist," he said.
Samuels mum, in a statement responded to the "upheaval" that her son had created.
"I must admire's son's temerity to want to take his parents to court knowing both of us are lawyers. And if Raphael could come up with a rational explanation as to how we could have sought his consent to be born, I will accept my fault," his mother said.
Samuel created a Facebook Page a year ago called Nihilanand, and have been making posts that includes taglines such as , "your parents had you instead of a toy or a dog," and "someone had you for their pleasure."