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I didn't write this, but it expresses my feelings exactly.
Thursday, 14 August 2003 12:00In response to a FARK thread on a NJ community attempting to ban children (http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=618277)
Wow, just wow. I find this seething hatred or disdain, if you prefer, for children amazing. How is it that one can claim no obigation to anyone but oneself? We were all children once and the blessed lives we lead full of such wonders as electricity, running water, ubiquitous medical care, and a million other modern miracles and conveniences are all owed to a grand society built on the sacrifices of millions who came before. We did not come out of the womb fully eductated and fully able to provide for ourselves, nor were our families the only parties responsible for our upbringing. We don't live in a vacuum. We all depend on and support eachother everyday. Have we no sense of integrity? No spirit of charity or community? It's shameful and a hypocrisy of the highest order to decry paying only your fair share for all the benefits you enjoy that were bought in blood and sweat not your own. The choice to have or not have children is ours to make. I don't laud or encourage indiscriminate birthing of children. Parenting is a difficult path and should not be one taken lightly. Nevertheless, choosing to not have children is not a free ticket out of the responsiblity of living in a human society. Grow up.
Wow, just wow. I find this seething hatred or disdain, if you prefer, for children amazing. How is it that one can claim no obigation to anyone but oneself? We were all children once and the blessed lives we lead full of such wonders as electricity, running water, ubiquitous medical care, and a million other modern miracles and conveniences are all owed to a grand society built on the sacrifices of millions who came before. We did not come out of the womb fully eductated and fully able to provide for ourselves, nor were our families the only parties responsible for our upbringing. We don't live in a vacuum. We all depend on and support eachother everyday. Have we no sense of integrity? No spirit of charity or community? It's shameful and a hypocrisy of the highest order to decry paying only your fair share for all the benefits you enjoy that were bought in blood and sweat not your own. The choice to have or not have children is ours to make. I don't laud or encourage indiscriminate birthing of children. Parenting is a difficult path and should not be one taken lightly. Nevertheless, choosing to not have children is not a free ticket out of the responsiblity of living in a human society. Grow up.
