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chastitybeaverhausen Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-22-06 04:47 PM
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12. Excuse me...
but why is choosing to be childless selfish? I CHOSE to not have children and I certainly don't consider myself to be selfish, nor do I think my friends with children would consider me so. Certainly no more selfish than the people who choose to have children and then don't care to put in the time and effort to raise decent human beings. Why do some consider having a child such a selfless act?
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  -If a draft was started, whould you ship your teenager out of the country? trumad  Aug-22-06 04:21 PM   #0 
  - Is the canadian border still open  FitzmasAgain   Aug-22-06 04:25 PM   #1 
  - You read correctly  serryjw   Aug-22-06 05:13 PM   #26 
  - Reason number 468,873 I'm glad I do not raise children n/t  RGBolen   Aug-22-06 04:27 PM   #2 
  - I went for 40 years  FitzmasAgain   Aug-22-06 04:32 PM   #5 
     - That is your choice, I see no reason for you to insult me by calling  RGBolen   Aug-22-06 04:34 PM   #6 
     - I apologize profusely.  FitzmasAgain   Aug-24-06 04:22 PM   #58 
     - Excuse me...  chastitybeaverhausen   Aug-22-06 04:47 PM   #12 
     - Sometimes having a child is selfish...  cynatnite   Aug-22-06 05:02 PM   #23 
        - So few are good parents  serryjw   Aug-22-06 05:21 PM   #27 
        - My husband and I get that, too  WernhamHogg   Aug-24-06 05:00 PM   #63 
     - You were doing just fine until you said "selfish".  missb   Aug-22-06 04:56 PM   #19 
     - I chose not to have children...  Hell Hath No Fury   Aug-22-06 04:56 PM   #20 
     - I sometimes wish my mother had made that choice, but I guess it  Blue State Native   Aug-24-06 04:42 PM   #61 
     - You know what else isn't the greatest thing on earth?  Bornaginhooligan   Aug-22-06 07:07 PM   #39 
     - Who are you to look down upon another's personal choice?  Selatius   Aug-23-06 08:17 AM   #47 
     - To all of you I am very very sorry.  FitzmasAgain   Aug-24-06 04:24 PM   #59 
        - Just wait till we drag you to the Pillory and Stocks Forum!  herbster   Aug-24-06 04:35 PM   #60 
     - some people might see  marions ghost   Aug-23-06 10:40 AM   #57 
  - Yup  vanboggie   Aug-22-06 04:29 PM   #3 
  - Yes.  H2O Man   Aug-22-06 04:30 PM   #4 
  - Yes  sad_one   Aug-22-06 04:36 PM   #7 
  - Absolutely, and I'd go with them  conflictgirl   Aug-22-06 04:41 PM   #8 
  - I also have 3 sons the oldest is 16 and the mention of bringing back  tnlefty   Aug-23-06 08:27 AM   #52 
  - I took my kid to Montreal in July  warrens   Aug-22-06 04:45 PM   #9 
  - If my teen refused to serve, I would n/t  cynatnite   Aug-22-06 04:46 PM   #10 
  - you bet your ass we'd be gone  Donnachaidh   Aug-22-06 04:47 PM   #11 
  - Yes, as long as we are at war and as long as the neo-cons are  Cleita   Aug-22-06 04:48 PM   #13 
  - In a heartbeat. I made sure my youngest son got a passport years ago.  scarletwoman   Aug-22-06 04:48 PM   #14 
  - Age Limit?  Toonces27   Aug-22-06 04:52 PM   #15 
  - 34, I think  warrens   Aug-22-06 04:53 PM   #17 
  - It's 40 years of age...  cynatnite   Aug-22-06 04:55 PM   #18 
  - No, it's 42, now.  Lars39   Aug-22-06 06:56 PM   #35 
  - Hi Toonces27!!  newyawker99   Aug-23-06 07:47 AM   #42 
  - The age limit for ENLISTMENT was raised to 42  paparush   Aug-23-06 08:13 AM   #44 
     - Our son is 11. We talk about going to Belize.  paparush   Aug-23-06 08:14 AM   #46 
  - yes  Philosoraptor   Aug-22-06 04:53 PM   #16 
  - Get your teenager a passport, NOW! nt  Wwagsthedog   Aug-22-06 04:57 PM   #21 
  - I have daughters. They didn't pass ERA, they're not drafting my girls.  elehhhhna   Aug-22-06 04:58 PM   #22 
  - When he was 15 I said never, no way.......  Jim Warren   Aug-22-06 05:02 PM   #24 
  - the only person  mucho macho   Aug-22-06 05:04 PM   #25 
  - No  NNN0LHI   Aug-22-06 06:16 PM   #28 
  - I never had children  TheCentepedeShoes   Aug-22-06 06:34 PM   #29 
  - I wish it was that simple--just a repeat of the Vietnam draft.  Jed Dilligan   Aug-22-06 06:40 PM   #30 
  - Joking with Mr 'pede today  TheCentepedeShoes   Aug-22-06 06:52 PM   #33 
     - I'm trained as a cartographer  Jed Dilligan   Aug-22-06 06:55 PM   #34 
        - I think cartography  TheCentepedeShoes   Aug-22-06 07:06 PM   #38 
  - In a heartbeat.  calimary   Aug-22-06 06:45 PM   #31 
  - Yes  lanlady   Aug-22-06 06:45 PM   #32 
  - I already got my kids out of the country....no murdering, power  Ragazz68   Aug-22-06 07:00 PM   #36 
  - We've got family in Switzerland  mcar   Aug-22-06 07:04 PM   #37 
  - Yes. I would take my sons and leave.  guinivere   Aug-22-06 07:09 PM   #40 
  - I'd tell my kid exactly what my old man told me.  sofa king   Aug-22-06 07:21 PM   #41 
  - No, because it'd be the teens choice to make not mine.  HereSince1628   Aug-23-06 08:06 AM   #43 
  - I'm surprised your view is the minority here Heresince  Yupster   Aug-23-06 09:57 AM   #56 
  - My 16 year old son went to Europe this summer  notmypresident   Aug-23-06 08:14 AM   #45 
  - Make sure he brushes up on the French language  Selatius   Aug-23-06 08:24 AM   #50 
  - Conscientious objector status  TechBear_Seattle   Aug-23-06 08:20 AM   #48 
  - Of course I would  Lone_Star_Dem   Aug-23-06 08:22 AM   #49 
  - The more important issue is  malaise   Aug-23-06 08:25 AM   #51 
  - I simply cannot understand why ANYONE in their right mind  Joe Fields   Aug-23-06 08:41 AM   #53 
  - Wouldn't that be your teenagers' choice?  Yupster   Aug-23-06 09:50 AM   #54 
  - What if no country will take him?  mainer   Aug-23-06 09:53 AM   #55 
  - Already discussed this- she will do prison time before she will serve  BeHereNow   Aug-24-06 04:53 PM   #62 
  - If had a teenager I'd get them out of America period  depakid   Aug-24-06 05:04 PM   #64 
  - Yes!  SmokingJacket   Aug-24-06 05:05 PM   #65 
  - What if everyone that got drafted said that they were gay?  Raydawg1234   Aug-24-06 05:05 PM   #66 
  - Following the example of the First Family we should send our kids to war.  hunter   Aug-24-06 06:16 PM   #67 
 

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