greedy enough to reproduce
Yeah, those who choose to raise children are pretty greedy. I mean, who wouldn't enjoy buying food, carseats, swim lessons, and college for someone other than their all- benevolent selves? And what could be more selfish than having someone who will grow up to foot the bill for those barren Gen BB, X, Y, ect. who took up the trendy low impact life only to live 15% longer, and 300% whinier.
Hopefully thanks to the continuing outcry of those selfless folks, euthanasia will be the norm by then and then we can put
ALL the money where thier mouth is. With no one to speak for them otherwise <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />
The population control argument falls on it face anywhere in the world it has been tried with sometimes dire, always long lasting consequences. There's no denying its about greed. And if it isn't then you first. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" />
yes, greedy. Having children is a choice people make, and that choice results in the rest of the planet facing more pollution, less wildlands... results in resource shortages - et al. A breeder faces those problems because he/she chose to. The rest of us don't have a choice. The dislocated animals don't have a choice. The trees that get cut to make houses don't have a choice.
That's greed. You know that more people means more pollution, more destruction.. but you have kids anyway because you want them. Greed or vanity that your genes somehow are superior to 6 billion other peoples' genes.
Not that life ever was supposed to be "fair", mind you...
What exactly "dire consequences" come from practicing reduced breeding?
Now to bring this back onto the off topic <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" /> - how many animals die per human, overall? In an average lifetime you'll eat what, 10 cows, 1500 chickens, 5 pigs and 1000 fish? You'll chop down 30 trees to live in them, which will dislocate 100 birds.. you'll run over 200 squirrels/skunks/whatever...
That's a lot of dead animals just as a result of being human. I'm not saying i'm not guilty of the same.... BUT, i'm not making anymore humans either so nobody with kids better give me any crap if I ever decide to kill one stupid mountain lion.
