Congrats on entering a new stage in life! You will have wonderful children and don't think any about that anti-child bull.
Has the media's hold on society screwed it up that badly that having a child is *that bad* for the environment? How about going to Norway, where the birthing rate is so low the government's paying their people to procreate? Or have fertility parks that blatantly say "have babies!"?
(Some part of me wants to say they should move back with their parents so that deforestation doesn't keep happening~ less wasted space. Or stop using the internet because servers need coolants, and are making the world warmer also.)
How about telling the animals to not reproduce, surely Elephant's, whales, and creatures bigger than us produce more carbon emissions? (I'm an animal lover, would have dogs if I didn't live in such a cramped space)
(/eco-rant)
I'm not too enthusiastic about *having* children, but I believe it is my filial duty to provide my parents progeny, and maybe, take that long shot chance, have that dream, that my child can help the world. My father was from the mountains in the Philippines. My mother's family came from Spain and because of bureaucrats they became poor. I was born in the in slums, but now, I'm in NYC, and studying in one of the elite schools in america (not being boastful!).
Life changes, people change, the world/earth/universe/God has laws that keep it in balance. Rain comes, earth shakes/quakes, oceans rise--if they were so intelligent, didn't they know that the world has reset over and over again (death of dino's and the iceage)? Homo-sapiens (who are quite evolutionarily unadaptive, unlike cockroaches), though a destructive force, can be a constructive force too and that's what gives me hope for the next generation.
(/zen-type rant)
I'm sorry I wrote so long your rant subject scared me and hit a chord. Congrats again, and don't worry about inane things like that. Your body, your time, effort.
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Date: 2010-02-06 07:37 pm (UTC)Has the media's hold on society screwed it up that badly that having a child is *that bad* for the environment? How about going to Norway, where the birthing rate is so low the government's paying their people to procreate? Or have fertility parks that blatantly say "have babies!"?
(Some part of me wants to say they should move back with their parents so that deforestation doesn't keep happening~ less wasted space. Or stop using the internet because servers need coolants, and are making the world warmer also.)
How about telling the animals to not reproduce, surely Elephant's, whales, and creatures bigger than us produce more carbon emissions? (I'm an animal lover, would have dogs if I didn't live in such a cramped space)
(/eco-rant)
I'm not too enthusiastic about *having* children, but I believe it is my filial duty to provide my parents progeny, and maybe, take that long shot chance, have that dream, that my child can help the world. My father was from the mountains in the Philippines. My mother's family came from Spain and because of bureaucrats they became poor. I was born in the in slums, but now, I'm in NYC, and studying in one of the elite schools in america (not being boastful!).
Life changes, people change, the world/earth/universe/God has laws that keep it in balance. Rain comes, earth shakes/quakes, oceans rise--if they were so intelligent, didn't they know that the world has reset over and over again (death of dino's and the iceage)? Homo-sapiens (who are quite evolutionarily unadaptive, unlike cockroaches), though a destructive force, can be a constructive force too and that's what gives me hope for the next generation.
(/zen-type rant)
I'm sorry I wrote so long your rant subject scared me and hit a chord. Congrats again, and don't worry about inane things like that. Your body, your time, effort.
YOUR Love. <3 YOUR CHILD(ren).