Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]
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On 04/05/08 21:59, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> On Saturday 05 April 2008, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> On Saturday 05 April 2008 02:24:17 pm Hal Vaughan wrote:
>>> I truly hope you're being facetious because the alternative would
>>> be to wonder if you've ever talked to any parents.
>> Of course I know parents, and the ones who don't have anything
>> resembling that kind of money lined up pretty much have hell to pay
>> for it. It's an unenviable position that I plain can't understand
>> why anybody would put themselves in to start with, much less consider
>> normal.
>
> That you don't understand it does not mean that you are in any position
> to judge them. That you admit you can't understand it supports that
> you are in no position to make such a judgement. If you don't
> understand it, you're not the one to make a judgement.
>
>>> By your standard, less than 2% of the entire world's population
>>> should ever consider parenthood, and those would be the richest 2%
>>> on the planet.
>> Yes, that's correct. There's not really much of any reason for
>> humans to keep reproducing at the rate we are. We're gaining a
>> billion people every 10-15 years right now, it's not like we need
>> more numbers.
>
> There's a difference between reproducing at the rate we are and limiting
> reproduction rights to 2% of the world. That's quite a sharp line to
> draw when there's a lot of gray area in the middle. Actually, if you
> go by your statements, then unless your parents were wealthy when they
> had you, you should have never been allowed to be conceived.
Especially when the US only has 4.5% and Europe[0] 7.5% of the world
population.
[0] Less Russia & Turkey, which physically are mostly Asian.
>>> Unless you're at least a multi-millionaire (considering numbers
>>> these days, I'd say worth $3-5 million), you've just qualified
>>> yourself as an unfit Father.
>> Actually, my abilities as a potential father aren't the issue and
>> will never be the issue. I'm childfree.
>
> Oh, don't worry. I didn't want to get into your fitness to raise any
> children, whether you're a millionaire or not. But that you don't want
> to have children does not qualify you to make judgements regarding
> eugenics for others.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
We want... a Shrubbery!!
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