Posted on 02/27/2008 7:06:01 AM PST by Uncledave
Send ‘em to me and he’ll be returned fixed with no observable marks.
Don’t tempt me. Oh wait, go ahead and tempt me. I like when you do that. bwa ha haha!
Out of curiositiy, what ping list is this? I guess you can go ahead and add me.
It’s the FREERIDER ping list. A merry bunch of childfree malcontents who cause mischief on threads like this.
If you still want on, let me know. It’s pretty low volume.
I doubt that the "demographic winter" portends economic collapse or social deterioration . . .
Bailey apparently doesn't realize that modern welfare states can't function without a large pool of workers who pay the taxes that finance the entitlements that these states hand out to people who don't work. As the birthrate declines, the population ages; the pool of workers shrinks as the pool of retirees increases. This kind of situation cannot continue indefinitely.
It seems like such a “smart” and “modern” choice to remain childless but, of course, it is really a kind of suicide. When this couple dies, they and their idiotic ideas will quickly be forgotten. Those of us who have children will live on through them and their descendants.
Hehe... okay, go ahead and put me on your ping list. Thanks.
So the crap flies both ways. I don't see much tolerance from those types of people, and frankly I'm glad to not associate with them.
Alouette has 9 kids and 20 grandkids. Ha ha, I pWn3d the future!
WTF? Just a wee bit snarky, aren't you?
In California, a fairly high proportion of libertarians don't have kids, but that was not the case when I lived in Colorado or Tennessee, and my gut feeling is that libertarians in most other states have families (at least where they're able to meet and mate with people similar to themselves).
I'm a libertarian. Children are not an "existential threat" (whatever the h3ll that means); but nowadays they are a choice, not a duty. Remember, this is the 21st century? We have such modern contrivances as contraception. We don't *have* to have a kid every nine months or so.
For those who want kids, having and raising them is a job, a hard job, and sometimes a joyous job, and I wish them well. For those who don't want kids, they can be a burden.
And for those of us who'd like to be able to go to restaurants without having to deal with continuously screaming children whose parents won't shush them or stop them from running around, other people's kids are a pain in the @$$, not a joy.
I'd wager that Bailey does know all this. What you might not realize is that Bailey does not advocate a welfare state, but probably rather a state rolled back to its constitutional limits... in other words, not a welfare state.
Have more kids yourself. What I do is none of your business. That’s my culture.
I just hope it will be in suffiecient numbers to tend the Nation. Otherwise, the races that breed like rats will inherit all of this nice real estate.
I have raised five children. They are the most rewarding part of life.
I feel sorry for your shallow and probably materialistic life. As pointed out previously, it is far better that your kind doesn't raise children. Youd's just drive them into the river when they interfered with your next marriage anyway.
The last bastion of individuality should respect this.
Well said and very worthy of a repeat.
Perhaps I can clarify, at least somewhat, why some of us are childless.
Some people feel dedicated to a calling other than being a parent. Often times this calling actually stands in the way of being a good parent.
Some people have serious medical or psychological issues that they don't want to pass on to their children.
Some people just don't feel the "need". Sure, they might "learn to love it" when they jump into parenthood, but that's too big a risk to take when creating an innocent human life.
Some people have serious personal problems and they realize they would make terrible parents, even if they wanted and loved their child.
And a lot of these people don't scorn parents and don't hate children. They simply don't see parenthood as the path in life they are meant to take.
Personally, I don't think these people are immature or somehow "less human" than others.
I don't pay much attention to desires of ranting children. That is how I successfully raised five. One has to be an adult in order to raise children, you know.
Why does my opinion matter so much to you? I thought your whole way of life was given unto yourself. Or do you, deep down, really care what adults think of you?
In other words, you'd like to see more of us breed so we can stave off the swarming racial "others" and protect the Fatherla- er, "Nation".
Sorry, that's not my game.
I don’t give one good g==damn about your opinion. I simply enjoy playing mind monkey with inferior minds. You’re one of the best around tonight. And, even worse is than your general idiotic nature is that you want us to commune with you. I think those with that opinion generally hang out at DU.
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