On 2004-06-01, Steve Lamb penned: > This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) > --------------enig9B3333C6864AA68831B94623 Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Christopher Judd wrote: >> ????? What do you base this on? In my experience, it's a very small >> minority who have children for purely selfish reasons. > > Just take a look at their actions and the reasons they give. Most > reasons are quite selfish in that they have very little to do with > the child. The child is a means to fulfill some other reason. If > it is (which it is in most cases) then it is not selfless and very > much selfish. Give me a reason and I can tell you why it is > selfish.
I don't actually think anyone has a child for the child's sake. It's not like growing up, being a human being, is necessarily fun, and it's certainly not easy. It's awfully hard to read the newspaper headlines and believe that anyone is bringing a child into the world because it'll be such a great experience for the *child*. People have kids because they want a chance to somehow impress their values on another being; because they want to see the world through a child's eyes; because they're afraid of growing old alone; maybe just to pass on a name. Those are just the more benign selfish reasons. Anyway, if anyone wants to discuss, feel free to take it offline. I'm not going to reply publicly anymore. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
