Wow, that's the silliest thing I've ever ready, sorry.
Don't be sorry. You're wrong about so many things, if you disagree with me, I'm probably on the right track.
People, GOOD people, have kids because they yearn to love another human being unconditionally.
1) Parents do not automatically unconditionally love their children. There are millions of broken homes and estranged families where most, or all, of the members of the family are basically "good" people.
2) See? Selfishness. There are millions of starving children, but they thoughtlessly bring ANOTHER life into this world of suffering just to satisfy their biochemical "yearnings".
Same reason an animal will mate with a female, sire offspring, but still go around killing the offspring of the other males. A Stupid animalistic "yearning" to stamp your personal mark on the world and satisfy your own craving despite the cost to the world and to the new life you've created.
They long to care for someone more than themselves.
Why don't they do that with EXISTING people?!
They have a need to feel needed.
Yeah. That's what I said. It's pathetic.
They have the desire to bring someone decent and kind into the world, so that person can make a positive difference in some way, no matter how small.
This I'll give you. If a good person really wants to give to the planet/life/society a new intelligence that was correctly nurtured in an environment conducive to shaping a good person who may have a positive impact on the world, that's cool.
You know DAMN well that's not the motive 90% of the time. I gave one of my many personal examples of procreation for the wrong reasons.
I personally am the PRODUCT of such misguided procreation, as is my brother!
There are of course exceptions to eveything.
I think "Cops" become cops because they're ****ed up and have evil power issues. But I personally KNOW GOOD cops.
I'm talking about the majority of the time here. I can't analyze all 5 billion couples on Earth or whatever it is.
Having babies and raising children is the most BASIC of needs - not just for humans, but for all species on the planet.
Um...LOL.....now THAT is the silliest thing I've read today.
You're....uh....wrong.
Try BREATHING, EATING, SHELTER.
You can't worry about pumping out your little urge-fulfilling, ego-massaging minions if you're starving to death, freezing to death and can't breath.
How can you sit here and judge, and make wild and completely unfounded generalizations about everyone?
I'm sorry. I explained that I'm talking about the vast, vast majority and not "everyone".
Try having a kid, or even adopting one, and then maybe, just maybe you will understand.
See? lol, you want me to bring another life into the world just so you can win an argument!!
Sick.
Uh, no. I won't be trying that. I know what's required to properly raise a child and I feel no desire to invest that much for those rewards.
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