If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids?

Re:If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids? by Samuel_Michon on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @09:56PM (#4264030)

I see where you're coming from.

However, I simply disagree with you. Which doesn't per se mean I'm ignorant, trolling, or refusing to back down from a mistake.

To me, 'Having children' means you birth them and raise them. By shooting your sperm during unprotected sex you didn't just 'make babies' or 'have children'. I personally believe life does not start at conception, and as long as they look like tadpoles, I won't acknowledge them as something human. Heck, I even have my doubts about newborns. I find babies annoying and ugly as sin, and I doubt they have much of a psyche to speak of.

(Granted, the last statement may not be a healthy perspective; I blame eXistenZ — http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/ )

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Re:If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids? by greedo on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @11:06PM (#4264215)

Just out of curiosity (and not wanting to assume anything about you) but do you have kids of your own?

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Re:If You Are Hit By Two Atomic Bombs, Should You Have Kids? by Samuel_Michon on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @11:30PM (#4264270)

As I'm sure you've gathered, I do not.

I do intend to raise children. I suspect I'll feel differently about those then, and probably even about other people's children.

I've seen it happen to several of my friends who have become fathers, I have no illusion that it will be different for me.

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