Re: Terrorism too close to home...

[William T Goodall]

On 21 Jun 2004, at 4:01 pm, Horn, John wrote:
From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, you are wrong, again. Since I am capable of abstract thought
(hypothetical, whatever you wish to call it), it is irrelevant
whether
I have children or not to how I think about a situation. Certainly
my
judgement about what I would do in situations would not be nearly
as
bad as you say yours would be. Just because you have trouble
staying
rational does not mean everyone does.
I think this may be one of those cases where if you aren't in the
situtation, you can't judge how you'd react.  A few years before I
had children, I was having a discussion with 4 of my brothers and
the subject came up.  My brothers, who all had kids, unanimously and
without hesitation said they would die for their children.  At the
time, I thought they were all nuts.  But now that I have kids of my
own, I understand and agree completely.
That sounds like a good reason not to have children. I don't fancy my 
brain getting messed about that much.

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