Reply #64: Great, we've started to reason...

[whoneedstickets]

Thanks for your thoughtful responses. I agree with point #4 wholeheartedly. Marriages among senior citizens don't make much sense given the reproductive imperative (about the Reich thing, statist arguments always sound vaguely fascist, but frankly there are lots of beneficial behaviors that governments reward with incentives)

On #1, the carrying capacity of the globe is an interesting and open question. What basis do you use to determine this? Agricultural production, energy supply, sustainability?

2. This is an excellent point and, one could make a strong case for recognizing gay couples as married when children are involved on the basis of the childrearing burden.

On point 3, you are right however having babies is different from raising children to be good soldiers, workers and citizens . The latter takes much more work at a higher cost.