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239. Forced sterilization to counter birthrate of polticial opponents?
Geez why not just create camps or have an annual infant cull.

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  -How many kids are enough? The Straight Story  Dec-21-06 04:50 PM   #0 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-21-06 04:52 PM   #1 
  - one of my great friends has 7...  fleabert   Dec-21-06 04:53 PM   #2 
  - Colbert is the youngest of 7.  JacksonWest   Dec-21-06 05:19 PM   #45 
     - Actually  MonkeyFunk   Dec-21-06 06:49 PM   #127 
        - Wonder how he would feel about  Lurking Dem   Dec-21-06 06:51 PM   #129 
           - i suspect he'd find humor in it  MonkeyFunk   Dec-21-06 06:55 PM   #134 
           - Since he had no choice in how many siblings...  geardaddy   Dec-21-06 08:56 PM   #169 
              - He has three -- one girl and two boys.  Oregonian   Dec-23-06 12:17 PM   #271 
  - Any more than 2 is irresponsible  Taverner   Dec-21-06 04:53 PM   #3 
  - Really? How so? nt  Common Sense Party   Dec-21-06 05:15 PM   #41 
  - With 2 kids you are just replacing yourselves  Taverner   Dec-21-06 05:21 PM   #47 
     - Good luck. You can't curb population growth within the bounds of our constitution.  JacksonWest   Dec-21-06 05:31 PM   #52 
     - Just because I disagree with it  Taverner   Dec-21-06 05:41 PM   #63 
     - So is utter stupidity and greed.  karlrschneider   Dec-21-06 05:42 PM   #65 
     - There's no law against being stupid.  quantessd   Dec-22-06 02:33 AM   #200 
     - Amend the constitution then.  Crandor   Dec-21-06 05:42 PM   #66 
        - Legislation is not the solution  Taverner   Dec-21-06 06:40 PM   #122 
     - Well, my number #3 child is the one that I am particularly...  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 01:57 AM   #197 
     - No Necessarily True  RC Quake   Dec-22-06 12:39 PM   #218 
        - You are correct.  Lurking Dem   Dec-22-06 12:42 PM   #219 
           - Why do you think that is?  RC Quake   Dec-22-06 12:50 PM   #220 
              - Likely because  Lurking Dem   Dec-22-06 03:37 PM   #243 
              - Untreated stds  Nikia   Dec-23-06 11:35 AM   #267 
  - Oh jeez..  IA_Seth   Dec-21-06 05:39 PM   #61 
  - What if your 3rd child was the second coming of George Bush?  jgraz   Dec-21-06 06:45 PM   #125 
  - How many will die in Iraq??  Imagevision   Dec-21-06 08:35 PM   #157 
  - Does that 3rd child somehow require more resources  Pithlet   Dec-21-06 09:23 PM   #174 
  - I think they actually require less  Nikia   Dec-23-06 11:49 AM   #269 
  - The upside I've noticed is that kids from very large families...  trotsky   Dec-22-06 07:38 AM   #209 
     - You got it  shrike   Dec-22-06 01:12 PM   #227 
     - That's certainly my experience  texastoast   Dec-22-06 03:11 PM   #242 
  - At least they shop at Costco  geardaddy   Dec-21-06 04:54 PM   #4 
  - Kolbe is that the last name of a saint ...  frankenforpres   Dec-22-06 01:50 AM   #195 
     - Duly noted. n/t  geardaddy   Dec-22-06 09:09 AM   #211 
  - That's a personal choice  Alenne   Dec-21-06 04:54 PM   #5 
  - If you live on Earth, you should care.  Crandor   Dec-21-06 05:44 PM   #71 
     - I don't care  Alenne   Dec-21-06 05:55 PM   #85 
     - But this isn't the norm. And, frankly, I think that those who choose to have  Midlodemocrat   Dec-21-06 06:06 PM   #95 
        - It's just one more thing for people to feel smug about.  Pithlet   Dec-21-06 09:32 PM   #178 
        - "I think that those who choose to have a lot of kids..."  tabasco   Dec-22-06 12:57 PM   #222 
           - My point was that it isn't the norm to have seven children.  Midlodemocrat   Dec-23-06 10:36 AM   #262 
  - When I was growing up  Blue Gardener   Dec-21-06 04:54 PM   #6 
  - condoms have been available since the 1500s  maxsolomon   Dec-21-06 06:39 PM   #121 
  - What do you bet that most of those Catholic parents has some  Clark2008   Dec-23-06 03:07 PM   #275 
  - I grew up in a city of 100,000 and not one of the  ikojo   Dec-21-06 07:59 PM   #147 
  - their diets are not exactly healthy  leftchick   Dec-21-06 04:55 PM   #7 
  - That seemed like a lot of food for regular breakfast  Nikia   Dec-23-06 12:20 PM   #272 
  - As many as you can properly care for.  shaniqua6392   Dec-21-06 04:56 PM   #8 
  - How many kids are enough? When they start impacting my quality of life.  WindRavenX   Dec-21-06 04:57 PM   #9 
  - You remind me again why I'm not in line for an ambassadorship any time soon.  karlrschneider   Dec-21-06 05:00 PM   #14 
  - like I'd be one either  WindRavenX   Dec-21-06 05:01 PM   #18 
  - Does the child who has 12 siblings take up more resources  Pithlet   Dec-21-06 09:13 PM   #172 
     - um, duh?  WindRavenX   Dec-22-06 01:48 AM   #194 
        - Well, that was easy. n/t  Pithlet   Dec-22-06 01:56 AM   #196 
  - This mother of three says..... ONE is perfect  SoCalDem   Dec-21-06 04:58 PM   #10 
  - God you're worrying me and I have two!  Taverner   Dec-21-06 06:58 PM   #138 
  - How many kids are enough?  jeff30997   Dec-21-06 04:58 PM   #11 
  - He breeds dairy cattle?  TahitiNut   Dec-21-06 04:58 PM   #12 
  - Don't work the breeding stock  bmbmd   Dec-23-06 03:53 PM   #277 
  - Seven or eight is definitely reaching the limit of "too many" for one family  brentspeak   Dec-21-06 04:58 PM   #13 
  - The flipside is that often the older ones of the large families  SoCalDem   Dec-21-06 05:04 PM   #22 
     - That's unfortunate, though.  brentspeak   Dec-21-06 05:06 PM   #28 
     - Not necessarily unhappy, just a true knowledge of how hard it is  SoCalDem   Dec-21-06 05:14 PM   #37 
     - or lucky!  HuffleClaw   Dec-21-06 08:32 PM   #156 
     - I didn't have an unhappy upbringing,  BlackVelvet04   Dec-21-06 08:41 PM   #160 
        - 'Just give those nieces and nephews lots of love and...  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 02:17 AM   #198 
     - So true.  tenshi816   Dec-21-06 05:48 PM   #78 
     - The last time I raised that flipside  Gormy Cuss   Dec-21-06 05:48 PM   #79 
     - that is what Grandpa thought- #10 of 10  kineneb   Dec-21-06 06:53 PM   #130 
     - I am the youngest girl in a family of seven and  ikojo   Dec-21-06 06:55 PM   #135 
     - That's not limited to the older ones in a large family.....  smokey nj   Dec-21-06 08:39 PM   #159 
  - However many the specific parents want. It's none of my business. Or anyone else's.  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:00 PM   #15 
  - Wow! Common sense and respect for others' freedom isn't dead  Common Sense Party   Dec-21-06 05:15 PM   #38 
  - Is it just me, or is "Common Sense" being used more and more as a synonym for "Thoughtlessness"?  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:23 PM   #49 
  - Yes, it's just you. It's not my business, nor is it yours, to tell other people how to  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:41 PM   #64 
  - How dare you tell me not to tell people what to do!  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:43 PM   #67 
     - Nope, I'm not telling you what you can or can't do. Just expressing an opinion.  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:46 PM   #76 
  - LOL. See the definitions of sanctimonious and self righteous.  rinsd   Dec-21-06 05:43 PM   #68 
  - Don't sweat the details, here. This is just someone who doesn't like me, so he or she  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:51 PM   #81 
     - You flatter yourself  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:54 PM   #84 
  - Yep - just you.  Balbus   Dec-21-06 06:17 PM   #106 
  - It's not my business to tell other people what to do or not to do. Can you tell that  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:38 PM   #60 
     - Do you tell people to vote Democratic?  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:40 PM   #62 
        - Yes, it is. I'm PERFECTLY "cool with that." I can encourage, I can advise, but  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:44 PM   #70 
           - Quit parsing. It's called "advocacy"  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:46 PM   #75 
              - You can advocate all you want. But you can't TELL people what to do.  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:49 PM   #80 
                 - Sounds like we agree  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:52 PM   #82 
                    - Well, yes, that is my point! Too many people here are issuing broad, command-like  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:55 PM   #86 
                       - Hell, that's the fun part about the internet  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:57 PM   #88 
                          - I suspect you're right. People get a place to vent, then they calm down. An interesting  Redstone   Dec-21-06 06:02 PM   #89 
                          - Hahahahaha!!!  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 06:10 PM   #100 
  - Thank you, Redstone....  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 02:26 AM   #199 
  - I agree with your opinion.  NaturalHigh   Dec-21-06 05:00 PM   #16 
  - It's irresponsible  texastoast   Dec-21-06 05:09 PM   #30 
     - yes, I think every country should raise this issue.  rodeodance   Dec-21-06 06:10 PM   #99 
     - I guess I'm not into China-style social planning.  NaturalHigh   Dec-21-06 07:08 PM   #139 
        - I don't know  texastoast   Dec-22-06 03:04 PM   #240 
           - I respect your opinion.  NaturalHigh   Dec-22-06 04:04 PM   #245 
  - Thanks to those proud patriots, the USA will soon  HypnoToad   Dec-21-06 05:01 PM   #17 
  - I think the Earth will ultimately take care of itself  alarimer   Dec-21-06 06:57 PM   #137 
  - Personal choice or not, it's selfish, irresponsible and ultimately destructive  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:02 PM   #19 
  - said better than I could have  WindRavenX   Dec-21-06 05:04 PM   #24 
  - And btw, when you look at that photo, picture 90 third-world children  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:08 PM   # 
     - $36,000/year just in groceries!  TahitiNut   Dec-21-06 05:12 PM   #36 
  - The media loves making everything oddball, obscene, or illegal the norm.  HypnoToad   Dec-21-06 07:31 PM   #144 
  - "Blessed is the man whose quiver is full."  TahitiNut   Dec-21-06 05:03 PM   #20 
  - Oh Jeez.. now you're tryin' to scare the cows..  SoCalDem   Dec-21-06 05:05 PM   #25 
     - (deleted duplicate)  TahitiNut   Dec-21-06 05:08 PM   #29 
     - Loose boots! Daddy could use a pair of loose boots for Christmas!  TahitiNut   Dec-21-06 05:09 PM   #31 
  - More than replacement is too many.  GoneOffShore   Dec-21-06 05:03 PM   #21 
  - more than 2  leftofthedial   Dec-21-06 05:04 PM   #23 
  - Believe me, my Yuppie friends with no children....  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 02:39 AM   #201 
     - overconsumption (SUV's, etc.) is a seperate issue  leftofthedial   Dec-22-06 01:13 PM   #228 
        - But, the claim being made here is that having more...  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 01:58 PM   #233 
           - by far, the number one strain on resources is overpopulation  leftofthedial   Dec-22-06 03:00 PM   #238 
              - Overpopulation and overconsumption are the same thing...  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 09:29 PM   #258 
                 - I'm not judging backwards  leftofthedial   Dec-22-06 10:04 PM   # 
                 - I'm not judging backwards  leftofthedial   Dec-22-06 10:04 PM   #259 
  - Absolutely not more than 2, at least for a while  texastoast   Dec-21-06 05:06 PM   #26 
  - Would you make that a law if you could? Would you support others that would?  JacksonWest   Dec-21-06 05:20 PM   #46 
     - The obvious solution is to eliminate tax exemptions for any over 2.  karlrschneider   Dec-21-06 05:31 PM   #51 
     - Bingo -- you want to squirt out a litter, don't make me pay for it  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:35 PM   #56 
     - Once again, you run into problems with the constitution. Equal protection under the law....  JacksonWest   Dec-22-06 07:28 AM   #207 
        - Not an equal protection problem. It would apply to all classes. NT  mondo joe   Dec-23-06 11:28 AM   #266 
        - It wouldn't apply to the first two children.  JacksonWest   Dec-26-06 12:42 PM   #281 
        - What rubbish. Tax rates already vary based on number of children.  mainegreen   Dec-26-06 12:54 PM   #282 
     - Interesting thought. There can't be any laws against people having  treestar   Dec-21-06 05:44 PM   #69 
     - Another Reason for Selfish People to Excessively Breed.  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 06:25 PM   #112 
     - What a fine idea! Because those brats should have known better  Pithlet   Dec-21-06 09:50 PM   #180 
     - Yes, as I said upthread, my third child would be devastated....  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 02:46 AM   #203 
     - I'm uncertain as to why we subsidize ANY - and I have a son.  Zhade   Dec-21-06 10:54 PM   #182 
     - The NRA has a better solution  toddaa   Dec-22-06 04:45 PM   #251 
     - legal prohibition is a straw man  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:34 PM   #54 
     - then you should have no problem when people point out that your self-righteousness  nashville_brook   Dec-21-06 06:21 PM   #108 
        - Not at all -- I may disagree with your charaterization, but...  jgraz   Dec-21-06 06:50 PM   #128 
     - No.  texastoast   Dec-22-06 02:56 PM   #236 
        - Self-delete.  bezdomny   Dec-24-06 01:20 AM   #279 
  - My wife & I decided to stick with cats.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Dec-21-06 05:06 PM   #27 
  - But HOW MANY cats??????  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:09 PM   #33 
     - Most municipalities have laws against more than 3-4 dogs or cats  TahitiNut   Dec-21-06 05:15 PM   #39 
     - They also have laws how many PEOPLE can inhabit an apartment  HockeyMom   Dec-21-06 05:45 PM   #73 
     - Two, but their small eaters and haven't demanded a car for graduation.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Dec-21-06 05:15 PM   #40 
        - If they do, buy them a Hummer. After all, it's a personal choice.  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:16 PM   #42 
           - They'd prefer a Jaguar.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Dec-21-06 05:33 PM   #53 
  - I know someone pregnant with her eight or ninth. I've lost count.  Ilsa   Dec-21-06 05:09 PM   #32 
  - She probably has too  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:10 PM   #34 
     - seriously, the human body just didn't evolve for this  WindRavenX   Dec-21-06 05:11 PM   #35 
        - hell, the human body can just barely do one  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:26 PM   #50 
        - Seriously, the human body did evolve for this.  hedgehog   Dec-22-06 04:49 PM   #252 
           - ...which is why this is completely unnatural  WindRavenX   Dec-23-06 03:52 PM   #276 
  - What the hell is the mom doing to her body?  nini   Dec-21-06 05:16 PM   #43 
  - It depends on the woman  gollygee   Dec-21-06 05:45 PM   #74 
  - I know someone who practically died from this same thing..  nini   Dec-21-06 06:05 PM   #93 
  - My mom had 12 (I am her oldest)  Hardrada   Dec-21-06 08:59 PM   #170 
     - My mother also had twelve!  La_Fourmi_Rouge   Dec-22-06 01:39 AM   #193 
        - I think younger siblings have a tale to tell also.  Hardrada   Dec-22-06 12:08 PM   #213 
  - She's doing what she WANTS to do with her body. It's HER business, not yours.  Redstone   Dec-21-06 05:56 PM   #87 
  - well excuse the fuck out of me  nini   Dec-21-06 06:04 PM   #91 
  - Like I said, it's HER body. Don't we DUers stand for NOT telling women what they can  Redstone   Dec-21-06 06:31 PM   #116 
     - I'm not telling her what she can do..  nini   Dec-21-06 08:04 PM   #148 
     - it may be HER body but it's MY planet  pitohui   Dec-21-06 08:47 PM   #164 
        - How do you propose stopping a person from having...  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 02:55 AM   #204 
           - Exactly  gollygee   Dec-22-06 01:17 PM   #229 
              - Yes, Golly, as I just posted upthread....  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 02:05 PM   #234 
  - and we can talk all about it, since she put her business in the street  SemperEadem   Dec-21-06 06:13 PM   #103 
  - I get exactly ONE tax exemption, ME. Those people having litters  karlrschneider   Dec-21-06 06:24 PM   #110 
     - Wholeheartedly Agreed! n/t  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 06:28 PM   #113 
     - Well, that's not too selfish of a stance, is it?  Redstone   Dec-21-06 06:32 PM   #117 
     - I don't see how.  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 06:42 PM   #123 
     - There's some GREAT community spirit, right there. I guess we shouldn't all pay for Katrina relief,  Redstone   Dec-21-06 06:48 PM   #126 
     - But Katrina was an accident,  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 06:54 PM   #131 
        - Oh, fuck me. I give up. Go on, be selfish, enjoy your life. It's no matter to me.  Redstone   Dec-21-06 06:56 PM   #136 
           - Lol!  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 07:15 PM   #142 
           - is this an example of you valuing someone's opinion?  Beaverhausen   Dec-21-06 07:45 PM   #146 
     - are you channeling my fundie boss?  Viva_La_Revolution   Dec-22-06 12:54 AM   #191 
     - No, it isn't. Why should I have to subsidize incontinent breeders?  karlrschneider   Dec-21-06 07:10 PM   #140 
     - The same reason we subsidize "welfare queens"  gollygee   Dec-22-06 03:41 PM   #244 
     - How is it selfish AT ALL?  Zhade   Dec-21-06 10:55 PM   #183 
     - But they're the selfish ones?!?  rinsd   Dec-22-06 02:59 PM   #237 
  - I know a woman with eight kids who looks like a teenager  shrike   Dec-22-06 01:07 PM   #224 
     - Yes, it depends on the woman  nini   Dec-22-06 01:33 PM   #232 
        - self-delete  shrike   Dec-22-06 04:20 PM   #247 
        - self-delete  shrike   Dec-22-06 04:20 PM   # 
        - Yeah, that's true  shrike   Dec-22-06 04:20 PM   #248 
  - Environmentally speaking...  Redneck Socialist   Dec-21-06 05:19 PM   #44 
  - I can't help it, but every time I see these kinds of large familes, I think of  aint_no_life_nowhere   Dec-21-06 05:21 PM   #48 
  - Sounds like you're ready for vhemt.org  jgraz   Dec-21-06 06:02 PM   #90 
     - I'm not advocating something that extreme  aint_no_life_nowhere   Dec-21-06 06:09 PM   #97 
  - Gross.  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 05:34 PM   #55 
  - No, it's all about making more Christians. n/t  geardaddy   Dec-21-06 09:27 PM   #175 
  - Well, when you start tripping over your own uterus, that's nature's way of telling you to quit.  LeftyMom   Dec-21-06 05:36 PM   #57 
  - LOL! That's a very disturbing image.  Zhade   Dec-21-06 10:56 PM   #184 
  - Well, I'm torn...  melnjones   Dec-21-06 05:36 PM   #58 
  - How much you wanna bet these people vote Republican?  jgraz   Dec-21-06 05:38 PM   #59 
  - That depends on how many people you are trying to feed.  porphyrian   Dec-21-06 05:45 PM   #72 
  - LOL!  Zhade   Dec-21-06 10:57 PM   #185 
     - I knew someone else out there ate children...  porphyrian   Dec-22-06 11:55 AM   #212 
  - I only have one and we don't plan to have another  gollygee   Dec-21-06 05:47 PM   #77 
  - It's no one elses business how big, or small, a family is.  Beelzebud   Dec-21-06 05:52 PM   #83 
  - and i thought it was only fundie rightwingers who tell other people HOW TO live  nashville_brook   Dec-21-06 06:04 PM   #92 
  - or circumsize them!  IA_Seth   Dec-21-06 06:09 PM   #98 
  - thanks -- self-righteousness is just as ugly on progressives as conservatives  nashville_brook   Dec-21-06 06:13 PM   #102 
  - And God HELP you if you take all those kids to dinner at The Olive Garden!  Redstone   Dec-21-06 06:38 PM   #120 
  - How dare you  etherealtruth   Dec-23-06 11:16 AM   #263 
  - Considering things like this affect the global environment..  nini   Dec-21-06 08:18 PM   #154 
  - having kids is a REPRODUCTIVE RIGHT  nashville_brook   Dec-21-06 06:06 PM   #94 
  - Taking a shit's a right too  jgraz   Dec-21-06 06:11 PM   #101 
  - etiquette? you want to enforce reproductive limits as a matter of etiquette?  nashville_brook   Dec-21-06 06:15 PM   #104 
     - Here's what I don't get  jgraz   Dec-21-06 06:21 PM   #109 
        - it's one thing to be an advocate for democracy -- it's another to be a boor  nashville_brook   Dec-21-06 06:25 PM   #111 
           - I can do both -- I'm multi-talented  jgraz   Dec-21-06 06:29 PM   #114 
           - DAMN STRAIGHT.  Zhade   Dec-21-06 11:00 PM   #187 
           - I don't see anything rude and clumsy about  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 06:36 PM   #118 
              - wow -- i've heard this before  nashville_brook   Dec-21-06 08:53 PM   #167 
                 - He also thinks I hate Christ  Lurking Dem   Dec-22-06 12:30 PM   #217 
  - But is it smart? n/t  texastoast   Dec-22-06 03:06 PM   #241 
  - Until the world population reaches a point where each additional person infringes on  mainegreen   Dec-26-06 12:57 PM   #283 
  - I only have time, energy and resources to deal with one  SemperEadem   Dec-21-06 06:07 PM   #96 
  - Well, I'm an only child and I always found it lonely....  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 03:09 AM   #205 
     - Having grown up in a large family, I can attest to the fact that  shrike   Dec-22-06 01:10 PM   #225 
     - "Guess we all want what we don't have"  Zookeeper   Dec-22-06 02:15 PM   #235 
     - yes... as is her father, too  SemperEadem   Dec-22-06 04:24 PM   #249 
  - I wanted to have a big family myself...but I would have adopted as much as  dorktv   Dec-21-06 06:16 PM   #105 
  - as many as they want and can healthily raise.  uppityperson   Dec-21-06 06:18 PM   #107 
  - My personal take  Conan_The_Barbarian   Dec-21-06 06:31 PM   #115 
  - You can't fight arithmetic. Anything over two leads to overpopulation.  eppur_se_muova   Dec-21-06 06:36 PM   #119 
  - not exactly death rate plays a role too... replacement level  JCMach1   Dec-22-06 02:40 AM   #202 
     - True but trivial. Three is over, but occasionally tolerable; five is right out.  eppur_se_muova   Dec-22-06 04:41 AM   #206 
        - And the Lord spake, saying,  deaniac21   Dec-22-06 01:26 PM   #230 
  - How odd  Lurking Dem   Dec-21-06 06:44 PM   #124 
  - They way I look at it, you can support the principle in having a right  aint_no_life_nowhere   Dec-21-06 07:13 PM   #141 
  - There's a fundie family in Arkansas  ikojo   Dec-21-06 06:54 PM   #132 
  - For me...  Ms_Dem_Meanor   Dec-21-06 06:54 PM   #133 
  - They probably want donations.  Megahurtz   Dec-21-06 07:27 PM   #143 
  - My ultraliberal BF is eldest of 7 kids  XanaDUer   Dec-21-06 07:33 PM   #145 
  - I have two sons and that seemed plenty too me.  Blue State Native   Dec-21-06 08:07 PM   #149 
  - It is selfish to assume  BushDespiser12   Dec-21-06 08:07 PM   #150 
  - How many are enough? As many as you choose, and you support. NT  mondo joe   Dec-21-06 08:08 PM   #151 
  - that is selfish eom  BushDespiser12   Dec-21-06 08:09 PM   #152 
  - Selfishness is permitted.  mondo joe   Dec-21-06 08:14 PM   #153 
     - not saying you should be penalized...  BushDespiser12   Dec-21-06 08:27 PM   #155 
        - I did limit mine. But others will make other choices, which I consider their choice.  mondo joe   Dec-21-06 08:37 PM   #158 
  - then choice is more important than survival of the earth?  pitohui   Dec-21-06 08:44 PM   #162 
     - I support freedom and liberty. That includes selfish choices.  mondo joe   Dec-21-06 08:49 PM   #165 
     - Um, these people are supporting their kids  The Straight Story   Dec-21-06 09:18 PM   #173 
     - I disagree with a lot of your post, but giving economic incentives for not breeding...  Zhade   Dec-21-06 11:05 PM   #188 
     - Forced sterilization to counter birthrate of polticial opponents?  rinsd   Dec-22-06 03:03 PM   #239 
  - Most people I know from very large families felt they were too big.  SmokingJacket   Dec-21-06 08:41 PM   #161 
  - My dad liked coming from a family of 6  Nikia   Dec-21-06 09:28 PM   #176 
  - Americans are choosing to have fewer children on average  Nikia   Dec-21-06 08:46 PM   #163 
  - yes, smart people, educated people have fewer children  pitohui   Dec-21-06 08:50 PM   #166 
  - just because fundies have lots of kids  melnjones   Dec-21-06 09:51 PM   #181 
  - If parents have the resources to afford all those kids....  kitty1   Dec-21-06 09:45 PM   #179 
  - To each his/her own....if they can handle it then bless them.. (it is about Choice)  bleedingheart   Dec-21-06 08:55 PM   #168 
  - 1/2  Winebrat   Dec-21-06 09:09 PM   #171 
  - I'm infertile so my lack of children helps balance out  azmouse   Dec-21-06 09:29 PM   #177 
  - Since I can't tell a woman how many abortions are too many...  cynatnite   Dec-21-06 10:59 PM   #186 
  - You bet. My feelings exactly.  shrike   Dec-22-06 01:11 PM   #226 
  - Well said!  Dulcinea   Dec-22-06 04:14 PM   #246 
  - Adoption. As a mom who built her family though adoption, I can tell you that 5 is MORE than enough!  Beausoir   Dec-21-06 11:59 PM   #189 
  - I can't believe how young the mom looks.  NightOwwl   Dec-22-06 12:35 AM   #190 
  - Large families sometimes lead to tragedy  Perragrande   Dec-22-06 01:31 AM   #192 
  - I'm the baby of 13  CornField   Dec-22-06 07:34 AM   #208 
  - 13 of us kids 10 of us is still plugging along, youngest is 54  madokie   Dec-22-06 07:50 AM   #210 
  - I'm not the kind of mom who could do that  GloriaSmith   Dec-22-06 12:11 PM   #214 
  - More than 2 is no different than any other kind of over-consumption, i.e. wrong. nt  HardRocker05   Dec-22-06 12:22 PM   #215 
  - Ther # you can afford  ileus   Dec-22-06 12:26 PM   #216 
  - We're well on our way to 10 billion people  lastliberalintexas   Dec-22-06 12:55 PM   #221 
  - In my 20's I would have said 3...  RC Quake   Dec-22-06 12:58 PM   #223 
  - If the Kanes had asked, I would have counseled moderation.  Bridget Burke   Dec-22-06 01:26 PM   #231 
  - Why the fuck does anyone want that many kids?  WritingIsMyReligion   Dec-22-06 04:29 PM   #250 
  - My grandmother chose to have 6 and her brother had 9  Nikia   Dec-23-06 12:08 PM   #270 
  - Every third child should be required to smoke.  rug   Dec-22-06 05:25 PM   #253 
  - We had a family of eight across the street?  devilgrrl   Dec-22-06 05:32 PM   #254 
  - This thread CRIES OUT for this poster:  Caoimhe   Dec-22-06 05:34 PM   #255 
  - There are so many answers to that question.  LWolf   Dec-22-06 05:43 PM   #256 
  - My personal belief  cmf   Dec-22-06 06:15 PM   #257 
  - I'm one of 6 kids, the only girl  dropkickpa   Dec-22-06 11:18 PM   #260 
  - Eight is Enough  Stu DeBeouf   Dec-23-06 12:05 AM   #261 
  - four or three  MATTMAN   Dec-23-06 11:23 AM   #264 
  - If you want a bunch of kids, adopt.  Coventina   Dec-23-06 11:25 AM   #265 
  - I think it's enough when you need TWO vehicles to fit them all.  bling bling   Dec-23-06 11:41 AM   #268 
  - For me? 2 or 3 would be tops.....  sjbech   Dec-23-06 12:36 PM   #273 
  - I'm going to put it in perspective for you people.  Evoman   Dec-23-06 12:44 PM   #274 
  - Aww, don't let science and harsh reality get in the way of our cotten candy views!  mainegreen   Dec-26-06 01:06 PM   #284 
  - Don't have more than you can afford  pstokely   Dec-23-06 08:13 PM   #278 
  - If the kids get fed and aren't abused, I don't care how many people have  JVS   Dec-24-06 01:37 AM   #280 
 

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