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That was stretching it a bit mean. Why not just chalk it up to immaturity? People have kids later and later these days—you simply don’t know what to expect when you’re expecting

“Behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil… a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unision.” - Milan Kundera

I actually don’t think it’s a stretch at all.  Heck, even here in ND I talk with young women all the time who say they want to get pregnant and have kids.  Not so much because they want to raise them, but because they want all the things and attention that go with it.

I feel that’s an extension of our abortion culture.  We’re becoming a society that views children as disposable.  Soon we’ll be aborting children because they might have birth defects like they do in Europe.

The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is… legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay … If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system.

Frédéric Bastiat, The Law

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I understand what you’re saying, but that was not exactly the point of the article.  The article was about how children are parents are needing to change the decor of the house for their kids, not that the kids themselves are decor.

The whole article reeked of annoying opulence, though. Poor rich people having to change around their rooms because their kids will ruin their expensive decor. I’m crying for them...really.

Paul, I guess I thought even the decor aspect plays into my point.  I mean, who thinks children are going to be like trained pets who won’t piddle on the floor and jump on the furniture?

The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is… legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay … If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system.

Frédéric Bastiat, The Law

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That you think this behavior is an outgrowth of our “abortion culture” is an interesting theory. But to play devil’s advocate:

No one thought twice about abortions in the former USSR—I am in fact, as I was told, the wanted outcome after three unwanted and aborted pregnancies.

1. I was never treated as house decor.
2. I imagine that I would be a janitor somewhere in Siberia (or maybe in prison) if my mother had me before she started her career. So I’m rather thankful for my unborn siblings’ premature demise.

I can just as easily connect what you term an outgrowth of our abortion culture as an outgrowth of our capitalist culture where life < money. But as a supporter of capitalism, I will not go down that particular route of hypocrisy. Instead, I’ll chalk it all up the baby boomer generation’s poor parenting abilities (and lack of class).

“Behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil… a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unision.” - Milan Kundera

Google “Gayby boom” and read all about how children are mere “lifestyle choices”.  Sickening, and not a stretch at all.

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