Well I'm not much for butting in to other people's lives to tell them what to do.
And if they have the financial means to ensure those kids an acceptable quality of life then there's not much I can say to that.
But I remain entitled to my opinion, and my opinion is that this is the negative consequence of considering childbirth a "right" rather than a responsible decision.
The argument could be made that this is how the human race survives.
That argument could have even held water a century or so ago, when large families were a necessity because the reality of life back then was that all of your kids would NOT survive. And when families still actually farmed in large enough numbers to affect the economy and needed all the helping hands.
Neither condition exists anymore.
*Shrug* I guess you're either born one of life's optimists or you're not.
I'm not.
Like I say, I'm against government interference with family size, but I choose to go the voluntary extinction route myself.
Part of this is personal choice; I do not currently, have never in my youth, and by this time in life never will desire a permanent life companion or offspring. That's just the way I'm wired. I am not bothered by this as we have entire families pumping out 18 kids to make up for my, and 17 other couples' difference.
Part of this is on moral grounds:
Firstly, I was born with terrible genetics; Both my parents are diabetic, both have had heart problems and one has had a stroke. Both had eyesight that eventually needed correction and so have I from a young age. They did not develop diabetes until after their heart attacks, and so neither have I yet. I have done what I can with attempts to remain in better shape at my age than they were but again, no guarantee.
The fact of the matter is that I damnwell have NO RIGHT to pass that sort of defective "blueprint" on to some poor sap who has no say in the matter.
Secondly, I don't believe the human race has the right to survive anymore, owing to how each succeeding generation has increasingly ****ed up the world and left the mess for the next poor saps, and so no one should be making any more children, period. The difference is I am not so far insulated from reality as to attempt to ever try to force this to actually *happen* .
What can I say? My faith in humanity as a species has gone round the bowl and down the hole. No sense lying.
