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What's So Terrible About Kids?
idontunderstand:
I know about issues like that, that's not what I'm getting at. If she doesn't have a uterus, and this sounds harsh no matter how I say it, she doesn't have a choice anyway, does she? I'm talking about people who have the ability and opportunity, but still say that they will never, ever, take advantage of it.
ackblom12:
I think the problem there is you assume it's considered an advantage to the people involved. Also, removing the oppurtunity to have a biological child does not remove the possibility of adopting. It's a lot more of a pain in the ass as far as bureaucracy goes and can be more of a problem depending on if you are a minority, non-christian, of a non upper middle class socio economic status etc etc, but it's arguably a much better thing to be doing.
nekowafer:
It definitely seems like you're saying, "why would someone want to give up this wonderful thing forever?" I understand those people who think that having a kid is a wonderful thing, and that's fine. They can have all the kids they want, in my opinion. I don't consider it to be such a wonderful thing, for many reasons.
Carl-E:
I suppose one way to look at it is the old "biological imperative" thing - as an individual, the imperative is to live, and as a species, it's to procreate and keep the species going. Why waste this function, when it is (very arguably) the only thing we've been built to do?
Of course, the argument's moot - we've been sooo far past biology for so long... and we've become a dangerously successful race because of it. Denying biology should be an option.
idontunderstand:
--- Quote from: nekowafer on 05 Jan 2013, 15:58 ---It definitely seems like you're saying, "why would someone want to give up this wonderful thing forever?"
--- End quote ---
I'm not saying anything quite that stupid but I guess the gist of it is the same.
I admit I hadn't thought of adopting, though. A fair point.
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