Comments on: Having Children And Other “Profoundly Immoral” Things

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:11:12 +0000

Amanda conveniently overlooks one little human trait, as the standard of living in a society rises, that society tends to have fewer children. The birth rate may well drop below the replacement rate. The end result is a declining population. When the situation is one - as at present - where some areas have a declining population, and other areas have an expanding population, there will be migration from the latter to the former. When in the future all areas have a sufficiently advanced standard of living one can expect to see population drop worldwide.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 23:12:23 +0000

Robert,

Ixnay noay ogiclay.

If people with such interesting reasoning skills decide that the world would be a better place if there genes are not passed on, far be it from the rest of us to get in their way. I think their point that by them not having children the future world will be a better place is accurate.

By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:25:07 +0000

The Simon quote reminds me of Eiland's Theory of Compensatory Misery:

"As human society gradually solves the problems of basic survival and reduces the amount of other miseries rooted in the reality of the human condition, the fringe elements of that society feel an increasingly strong compulsion to become obsessively angry about ever more trivial causes to recapture the sense that life is a painful struggle."

By: M. Murcek

M. Murcek — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 15:16:29 +0000

Lots of people hate the human race. It's a form of confusion, but as long as they don't act on it, they are within their rights to be confused. I propose this maxim for the rest of us: "You can hate yourself. You can hate me. You can't make me hate myself."