[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dhymers', '
')Heck, maybe I'll even out the balance and kill somebody else's kids

[dhymers]

yeah, I was dead serious
really ?
sick jokes aside, sorry.

[Newfie]

dhymers,

Told ya so.

This is a VERY touchy subject here. I find it very difficult to have a discussion.

FWIW, (let the flack begin!!!) I can see no, NO, argument to not have kids.

I absolutely agree that world over population is the number one problem, and I don't particularly like humans, especially en mass.

What is right for the masses is not what works for the individual. The calculus is different.

And that is likely the MOST DEPRESSING thing I can think of.

It is a conundrum.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '
')FWIW, (let the flack begin!!!) I can see no, NO, argument to not have kids.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '
')FWIW, (let the flack begin!!!) I can see no, NO, argument to not have kids.

[Ludi]

And of course this reason:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rBaAPmEkMI

[Nefarious]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ere's 100 reasons not to have kids: link

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', 'T')hat's the most selfish,self centered,modern consumerist,ideology I have ever seen. and most of it is Expletive deleted.!

[Nefarious]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', 'T')hat's the most selfish,self centered,modern consumerist,ideology I have ever seen. and most of it is Expletive deleted.!

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', '
')EDIT : We truly are a screwed up society deserving of our fate it that is considered an acceptable norm thinking.

[Nefarious]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I')t isn't the norm though, so don't worry. Most people want to have kids.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', 'T')here are meaningful reasons not to have kids but that garbage that was posted isn't it.

[Ludi]

"About 18 percent of women ages 40 to 44 in 2002 had never had a child, compared with 10 percent in 1976. Women in the same age group, on average, had 1.9 children in 2002, considerably fewer than the 1976 average of 3.1 children, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today.

According to the report, Fertility of American Women: June 2002 [PDF], 44 percent of all women of childbearing age (15-to-44 years old) were childless. Seventy-one percent of these childless women participated in the labor force.

The report also shows that Hispanic women (who may be of any race) accounted for about 20 percent of all births in the year ending in June 2002. Non-Hispanic white women had 60 percent of all births; black women had 15 percent; and Asians and Pacific islanders 5 percent.

Other highlights of the report:

• During the four-year period 1994-98, the overall labor force participation rate of mothers with infant children (under age one) increased from 53 percent to 59 percent. But from 1998-2002, the rate dropped from 59 percent to 55 percent, not different from the 1994 level. It is the only recorded decline in labor force participation of mothers with infant children since the Census Bureau began calculating this measure in 1976.

• In 2002, mothers with children age 1 and older were in the labor force at a higher rate (72 percent) than mothers with infants (55 percent). Among mothers with infants, sixty-one percent of those 30 and older were in the labor force compared with 39 percent of those ages 15 to 19.

• Thirty-three percent of all births in 2002 were to unmarried women, a proportion that was about the same in 1998. Eight percent (307,000) of all births were to women in cohabiting unions. Black women were more likely than Hispanic or non-Hispanic white women to have births out of wedlock.

• In 2002, 89 percent of births to teenagers were out of wedlock, while only 12 percent of women 30-to-44 years old giving birth were unmarried.

Data are from the June 2002 fertility supplement to the Current Population Survey and earlier fertility supplements. The data are subject to sampling and nonsampling error."

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www ... 01491.html

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'E')very extra kid added to the planet is a drain on the planets capacity to feed people who are alive right now. To argue otherwise gives extra credit to the unborn. Imaginary and new kids are cute but they steal from the living.

[Nefarious]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', 'T')here are meaningful reasons not to have kids but that garbage that was posted isn't it.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', ' ')If you live on a 20 acre homestead out in the boondocks and have 5 children it's ok because your micro environment can support you and your children..

[Nefarious]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', ' ')If you live on a 20 acre homestead out in the boondocks and have 5 children it's ok because your micro environment can support you and your children..

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', 'y')ou not having children will not affect Bangladesh in the slightest

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', '
')
Seriously though if you missed my meaning of what I was saying then never mind it doesn't matter