-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/05/08 21:59, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 05 April 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: >> On Saturday 05 April 2008 02:24:17 pm Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> I truly hope you're being facetious because the alternative would >>> be to wonder if you've ever talked to any parents. >> Of course I know parents, and the ones who don't have anything >> resembling that kind of money lined up pretty much have hell to pay >> for it. It's an unenviable position that I plain can't understand >> why anybody would put themselves in to start with, much less consider >> normal. > > That you don't understand it does not mean that you are in any position > to judge them. That you admit you can't understand it supports that > you are in no position to make such a judgement. If you don't > understand it, you're not the one to make a judgement. > >>> By your standard, less than 2% of the entire world's population >>> should ever consider parenthood, and those would be the richest 2% >>> on the planet. >> Yes, that's correct. There's not really much of any reason for >> humans to keep reproducing at the rate we are. We're gaining a >> billion people every 10-15 years right now, it's not like we need >> more numbers. > > There's a difference between reproducing at the rate we are and limiting > reproduction rights to 2% of the world. That's quite a sharp line to > draw when there's a lot of gray area in the middle. Actually, if you > go by your statements, then unless your parents were wealthy when they > had you, you should have never been allowed to be conceived.
Especially when the US only has 4.5% and Europe[0] 7.5% of the world population. [0] Less Russia & Turkey, which physically are mostly Asian. >>> Unless you're at least a multi-millionaire (considering numbers >>> these days, I'd say worth $3-5 million), you've just qualified >>> yourself as an unfit Father. >> Actually, my abilities as a potential father aren't the issue and >> will never be the issue. I'm childfree. > > Oh, don't worry. I didn't want to get into your fitness to raise any > children, whether you're a millionaire or not. But that you don't want > to have children does not qualify you to make judgements regarding > eugenics for others. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH+L6hS9HxQb37XmcRAmXGAJ9UH07RfLjqXYkf/RjJp3cBrENMlwCbBGyK c3fpYWCCSlLaEh2gMfBye/M= =wTbU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]