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Originally posted by Lava,
Ya know I really cant buy that last post. People have had children for millions of years. The living standards todays poor americans have are luxuries that we've only know in modern times, but life is still worth it.
So many poor people moan about their lot, but in reality this is the richest time for the human species ever. I've heard it said that someone on welfare today lives better than a King did in the 1600s. All this 'Im so poor' stuff is just not reality. If you have enough to eat, a roof over your head and medical, your doing better than 99% of the entire population has done since humans began. Quit whining!
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Lava,
With all due respect, I cannot buy yours either.
Life is not about absolutes - life is always struggle , no matter where you push the "standards of living".
You cannot compare how people lived 1000 years ago with how people live today and then say that just because people on welfare have something that King so and so did not have in the year 1000, that means that they have a so much better life than that Kind had then.
This is complete bull and you know it.
If you want me to actually be thankful that my parents didn't let me starve, or didn't let me in the middle of the street - then you are only glorifying irresponsible F****-ing and irresponsible parenting.
Once you F*** without a condom, you have to think at those kinds of things as ABSOLUTE DUTIES, not as "favors" towards your children.
No, lihe is not "worth it" at any price, under any circumstances.
I don't know about what conditions you think would be "good enough" for your kid to be born into, but I know mine will not be born until I can guarantee a very nice strat in his/her life - from all sorts of standpoints, not just financial, but in many other ways.
If more people thought like this and refrained from breeding when they had little to offer - it would be a better world.