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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:08 PM Original message |
RE: How many kids should a person have |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. My personal opinion right now is let life sort itself out |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. laws and ethics are not the same thing necessarily |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Nothing is absolute.. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. education is the answer. just because we dont want to really educate people |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes , there's a problem though , |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. i think investment in education would lower birthrate. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. that is an individual choice |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. people shouldnt have more children because the world cant sustain it, reeks of eugenics |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I didn't mean to sound so shrill |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. The world CAN'T sustain it, though... too many people are exacerbating just about |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I concur. Well said**nm |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. That's how I see it too. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Since every person is different |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have four and that is really all i need to be concerned with. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. However many they end up having is the right number |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Personally |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I've never understood that "How can you be so selfish?" BS. n/t |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I know. If I'm so "selfish" then why do they want me to be a parent? nt |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Actually, popping out kids can be seen as selfishness masquerading as "virtue"... |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. And I fear there's a good deal of that going around. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. We just adopted 2 more cats. Easier to herd, and cheaper to feed. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Rationally, |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. but would you, if you could, translate that into legislation |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. as many as you can provide a safe and nurturing environment for. n/t |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Some judges think so |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't think it's about the number of kids. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. I still cling to the decades old, 'zero population' thing. You reproduce yourself and call it quits. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not a governmental issue at all IMO. Society can, and I think should, exert |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. Nobody "should" have kids. People ought to WANT them -and not simply |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. unfortunately |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. No more than they can eat at one sitting. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. LMAO! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Thanks, it's a family recipe. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. A woman has the right to have as many |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Wrong. The "Welfare Queen" is a Repuke myth. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Women don't have babies in order to get welfare, but some do get pregnant |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. yes. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. That is completely absurd. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Au contraire |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I could care less about your anecdotes. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Hitler had the same idea. n/t |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. What does education have to do with genes??? n/t |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. Considering the population now . |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. I've been getting shit from a few people because I'm pregnant with my 3rd |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Don't fret, really! People say the stupidest things sometimes..... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well I am female and I don't have any, don't want any. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. Let women |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. Almost perfect, except you didn't ask if they should be breastfed in public or not |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. 1 or 2 would be responsible. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-26-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. This tells me, that you, like the Republicans, need to learn how to pull out. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
51. I agree with those who said we need to be aware of population control-so 1 per person, if that. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-27-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. I cannot believe this wasn't an epic flamefest. |
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