[MrEdd]

I remember having mere acquaintances asking my young son "When are your Mommy and Daddy gonna give you a brother or sister" and my heart breaking. It was so hard not to be rude to them.

This is a common discourse. and has been through thousands of years of human history.

Er, why the hell should you not be rude to them, given that they were extremely rude to you?

Common questions - that have been common questions across cultures and throughout time are not extreme anything.

Civility, like peace, can only be preserved if aggression is met with a firm and devastating response.

Prickling with offense at a manufactured slight does not meet the definition of civility.

[steve-b]

have been common questions across cultures and throughout time

Just like theft, murder, tyranny, superstition,....