[Jack Black]

"Once a man's name is on a marriage certificate and/or birth certificate, he will in one way or another end up an indentured servant at the point of a government gun. "

I think you have overstated your case here. Lots of men get married, stay married, have kids and never have any government agents show up at their door. It's just important to pick the right woman and treat her well. As it always has been.

[Hostage]

It is easier to pick the right investment such as a publicly traded equity than it is to pick the right woman. In the former, you have financial disclosures and independent audits available (although recently there have been some problems, the market was quick to discipline those who strayed). In the latter, you can call up private investigators for background checks and you can propose a pre-nup. But if you play it by heart or hormones, you take a huge risk because the current system of justice is stacked way against you.

Sounds like you got lucky and you think you're smart because of it. Try humility. I'll bet you're just lucky. The odds are in my favor.

[stands2reason]

I think you have overstated your case here. Lots of men get married, stay married, have kids and never have any government agents show up at their door. It's just important to pick the right woman and treat her well. As it always has been.

Amen. BuddhaBoy's rhetoric sounds similar to the feminazi's diatribes about how all men are rapists, etc. Tiresome, and it's getting old. And so unlike the Enlightened One whom he chooses to identify himself with.

[inquest]

Lots of men get married, stay married, have kids and never have any government agents show up at their door. It's just important to pick the right woman and treat her well. As it always has been.

I'll go along with that sentiment. And I'll say further that it applies to women as well. To me, that's an argument for getting rid of all these child support/alimony laws, or at least keeping them as simple and unobtrusive as possible.