[MrB]

The odds of a child becoming a criminal when raised by a single mother are astronomically higher than for those raised within a two parent, or even within a widowed, household.

Scream and cry all you want, facts are facts.

I really don’t see why you got your back all up on this. Facts are facts.
Intentionally have a kid out of wedlock = very high probability of raising a criminal.

[theknuckler_33]

I really don’t see why you got your back all up on this. Facts are facts. Intentionally have a kid out of wedlock = very high probability of raising a criminal.

Why I got my back all "up" on this is because you did not say anything about 'odds'. You stated 40% of births are out of wedlock followed immediately by "ie future criminals", ie means "that is" or "in other words"... essentially you said that any child born out of wedlock is destined to be a future criminal.

That you can't own up to a preposterous generalization says volumes about your character. As a conservative, I say what I mean and mean what I say. You injected a completely unrelated point, and added a ridiculous generalization in the process, in a thread about immigration and I would say that there are many God-fearing conservatives in this country that believe as strongly as you do that a traditional family is the best environment in which to bring up a child, but due to various circumstances, didn't end up realizing that model. But yet, many of these people managed to bring up excellent members of society and I take great offense to someone sweeping a great segment of society with such a broad brush as yourself.

I acknowledge fully your point that a non-nuclear family is not the best evironment to bring up a child. But your continued defense of your original statement is despicable.

Good day to you.