we weep for humanity

[trisherina]

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[priceyfatprude]

a) 2 years old is too young to be potty trained.

b) He will get what is coming to him in prison. Oh yes. Prepare for the broomstick, Mr Padilla, from all the rapists, robbers, car thiefs, etc who can't see their kids. You mother****ing son of a bitch.

[Large Marge]

I'm so sorry I read that ...

[Willow Sylph]

It is a commonly posed question, but I will pose it again: why, why are human beings allowed to have children with no training or counseling beforehand? Why is having a child considered a right, when it should be a privilege? There were more barriers, questions, and qualifications to my adopting a cat than there were to having a baby. I find that terribly alarming and wrong.
Being a parent is a privilege, a tremendous responsibility, and a gift. It should be treated as such.

[Large Marge]

Originally Posted by Willow Sylph

It is a commonly posed question, but I will pose it again: why, why are human beings allowed to have children with no training or counseling beforehand? Why is having a child considered a right, when it should be a privilege? There were more barriers, questions, and qualifications to my adopting a cat than there were to having a baby. I find that terribly alarming and wrong.
Being a parent is a privilege, a tremendous responsibility, and a gift. It should be treated as such.

Well said.

[sparticle]

"Don't do this TO ME." Note the complete and utter inability to feel for anyone but himself even in that situation.

He'll get the needle. It's Texas. If they don't kill him in prison first.

[Spicy Jack]

It is a commonly posed question, but I will pose it again: why, why are human beings allowed to have children with no training or counseling beforehand? Why is having a child considered a right, when it should be a privilege?

It is comments like these that absolutly astound me. I constantly hear cries and whines about freedom of choice and how horrible it will be once the right-winged government takes all of our freedoms away and everyone blames everything on the "religious" people because there are points you don't agree with...but all of a sudden, once something offends you, you think it would be a good idea to take away the very basic right to procreate.

Joking or not, I am completely puzzled.

With freedom and rights comes people that use these rights to make poor decisions. You choose to live in a country that allows these decisions to be made all around you. People make horrible choices everyday and sometimes there are governmental consequences, and sometimes you just have to live with these poor choices and make do. You can't scream and cry that people should be able to do what they chose, then pick and choose your rights.

So let me get this straight, you can marry who you want, **** who you want, get pregnant by whomever married or not, abort your poor choice at anytime, but their should be regulations on who can actually have and raise the kids? If Bush said, right now, only people with GEDs, a household income (from a legitimate job) of over $30,000, and governmental parenting classes, you would all shit your pants.

Which reminds me of that one movie where only kids with certian genomes could live or something...what was that one, started with a "G" I think. Anyway, I think that has nothing to do with my point.