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No, it's not moral to do that. They should be teaching responsibility.
Thanks,
TT
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Again, I urge anyone who supports homosexual marriage to repent of their sin.
it's incredibly pompous. There is none perfect, NONE. The pompousness of this is astounding. Makes me wanna do this---->
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To sustain the belief that there is no God, atheism has to demonstrate infinite knowledge, which is tantamount to saying, "I have infinite knowledge that there is no being in existence with infinite knowledge" --Ravi Zacharias
"God is in the rain."~Evey in V for Vendetta
"The unexamined life is not worth living". ~Socrates
i hated it when God insisted i "yawp!"
but He knew i must,
and that my life would not begin,
until i yawped.
We all must learn to yawp.
we MUST awaken the passion,
that part of us that feels intensely,
and is NOT afraid to say so
or to express it.
Otherwise we are just dead men walking.
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On the other hand it's like that line from the movie Parenthood: "You know, you have to get a license to drive, to hunt, heck you have to get a license to own a dog, but they'll let any old so and so be a father..."
On the other hand it's like that line from the movie Parenthood: "You know, you have to get a license to drive, to hunt, heck you have to get a license to own a dog, but they'll let any old so and so be a father..."
not the same thing as paying someone to not have children. The more despicable of the two is the one paying. How pompous.
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To sustain the belief that there is no God, atheism has to demonstrate infinite knowledge, which is tantamount to saying, "I have infinite knowledge that there is no being in existence with infinite knowledge" --Ravi Zacharias
"God is in the rain."~Evey in V for Vendetta
"The unexamined life is not worth living". ~Socrates
i hated it when God insisted i "yawp!"
but He knew i must,
and that my life would not begin,
until i yawped.
We all must learn to yawp.
we MUST awaken the passion,
that part of us that feels intensely,
and is NOT afraid to say so
or to express it.
Otherwise we are just dead men walking.
my journal/blog:
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I have a very simple answer to this. Make only people who have school aged children pay taxes to support public schools.
People who do not mind paying taxes will capitulate, and those that don't will think twice before having any children or another one... It's really that simple.
It's a typically short-sighted response from a politician. Create a massive problem in the system through greed and incompetence, then blame the victim for it (the so called 'underclass'). Seems people fall for it though.
What we need to do is work out ways to get the next generation wanting to work, so they're not spending their lives claiming benefits and turning to crime. That involves too much work though for some lazy politicians.
However, there is a problem, and it is twofold: first, who gets to decide who is a 'problem parent'? Second, from whom is the money taken? The tax-payer?
If you could overcome those problems, which I doubt, I don't see any reason to discourage 'bad' parents from having kids. After all, everyone wins, and no one is detrimentally affected.
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- Charles Darwin
"I am a scientist... when I find evidence that my theories are wrong, it is as exciting as if the evidence proved them right."
- Stargate: SG1
What can be asserted without reason, can be denied without reason.
- Anon
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
However, there is a problem, and it is twofold: first, who gets to decide who is a 'problem parent'? Second, from whom is the money taken? The tax-payer?
If you could overcome those problems, which I doubt, I don't see any reason to discourage 'bad' parents from having kids. After all, everyone wins, and no one is detrimentally affected.
I would say there are more problems. The politician made reference to the "apalling underclass", and paying $10,000 to having them voluntarily sterilised. Once you've established who the "appalling underclass" are, you're essentially telling them that they're not good enough for society. What hope will they have now of making something of themselves, when they've been told this? Even worse when some of them turn down the offer and have kids, their children will quickly work out that society would have rather they were never born.
Looking up in wikipedia, the underclass has been split into the following groups:
the passive poor, usually long term welfare recipients;
the hostile street criminal, drop-outs, low-class prostitutes, and drug addicts;
the hustlers, dependent on the underground economy, but rarely involved in violent crime;
the traumatised drunks, drifters, homeless bag ladies, and released mental patients.
Looking at that list, what most these people need is a bit of help, and are being let down by a lack of support and/or jobs. Offering them money to get sterilised is not a positive suggestion in my opinion. Helping them and their children have hopes, dreams, a sense of work ethic and aspirations would be better.
If policies such as these, which is essentially eugenics, become accepted by the public, who knows what is next? It's a dangerous path to go down I think, and while maybe not as extreme, shares similar ideals to Hitler's Nazi regime.
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