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Originally posted by valkyrie
I agree that having a child is selfish -- how is it not? Yes, you're giving up time and energy taking care of someone else, but I think that reproduction is an inherently selfish act -- people have kids because they want them -- how is that any less selfish than not having a kid because one doesn't want them?
I think that having many biological children is especially selfish -- you're creating a huge drain of resources.
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Well, apparently the moderators did not like my last comments, so I'll try to be more politically correct and not hurt anyone's sensitive feelings.
I still believe that the idea of having many biological children being selfish is wrong. I'm from a large family, and I don't think we're selfish at all because we use up a lot of resources. My family pays for those resources with money we earn ourselves.
And once again, China uses the argument that having large families is selfish because it uses lots of resources, so China forces couples to have abortions and limits the number of children they can have, because China cares more about resources than human life.
This is NOT a personal attack. Please don't delete my thread, moderators, I'm simply pointing out that I disagree with the logic valkyrie uses. I never personally attacked her--- I personally attacked her views on abortion. There is a difference.
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