From: cdale@silly.techmonkeys.net
Date: Wed Sep 13 2000 - 13:48:34 PDT
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Jeff Bone wrote:
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> JS Kelly wrote:
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> > it's as broken as saying "it's irresponsible to breed at all because the
> > world is too full, therefore i'm more responsible than thou by NOT
> > breeding."
>
> I never claimed either of those things. The closest I came was saying that *often* the decision
> to become a parent is made irresponsibly (I'm thinking welfare mothers, here) and that *by
> default* the decision not to parent should be viewed as responsible.
Well, some of the cuts to welfare may help this a bit. Have an extra kid?
No extra $. Period. So they can't farm kids for welfare checks and food
stamps anymore. I was glad to hear that, though some of the other cuts
made me wanna kill someone.
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