Too much pleasure, too few children

St. Paul Pioneer Press ^ | 02/22/2008 | ROD DREHER

[Tijeras_Slim]

Hi!

[Tailback]

It’s a uterus, not a clown car.

[kabar]

Like it or not, the future belongs to the fecund faithful.

The Hispanic birthrate in the US is twice the birthrate of the general population. And 45% are born out of wedlock.

[Mrs. Don-o]

1453

[Jagman]

Just what you’d expect from a Retired Greyhound, unless of course your moniker means you drove Greyhound buses. ;<)

[Mrs. Don-o]

It’s rude to comment on women’s vaginas in public. There’s a reason they’re called “privates.”

[cyborg]

I’m still here :-)

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"I find pleasure and children to be very closely correlated. I wonder why the author doesn't ..."

What a silly comment.

You and he probably agree completely on this issue. But because the title of the essay, chosen most likely to perk interest, is not to your liking you claim to be in complete disagreement with him.

Why is it that Freepers seem to feel preternaturally determined to disagree with everyone ... even with those who they are in complete agreeance with?

[Slings and Arrows]

You are going to be mighty lonely when you are in your seventies and all your friends are dead.

[discostu]

Of course I have a less healthy life style than most of my friends, so they’ll probably out live me.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"The Hispanic birthrate in the US is twice the birthrate of the general population. And 45% are born out of wedlock."

This is more a return to the tribalistic society: one filled with internecine war and blood feuds.

This is what we rose up from when we became "domesticated".

So maybe the fecund will survive, but instead of a few small communities of the faithful, there will be urban battle zones filled with warring tribes.

[AZLiberty]

I stopped at 4....because I ran out of bedrooms.

I had a boss once who was the middle child of a family of 15 kids. The family lived in a four-bedroom house with many bunk beds.

[JOAT]

Do your part ping....

[steve-b]

Doesn't exactly explain the truly massive population explosion in the USA and most of Western Europe during the 19th century, does it?

Don't confuse people with facts.

[CougarGA7]

I’m just glad I don’t own the Winchester House.

[tbw2]

Henry the 8th marrying his sister to every monarch in sight, and daughter’s potential marriages to all sorts ...

[meowmeow]

Present and accounted for and surrounded by expensive electronic toys that make me oh-so HAPPY!

[Tax-chick]

why some people who agree with you consider choosing not to have kids as “selfish.”

I think we all make decisions based on what we consider our own best interest. There are other considerations, of course, such as whether our judgment of our best interest proves to be accurate, and whether our decisions of supportive of any greater benefit, such as national survival.

Lots of philosophical approaches.

[tbw2]

As is LA today.

[Tax-chick]

People who support Kinder, Küche, Kirche are cultural conservatives

Well, yes, but ... and but ... and but ... and but ...