> Well, what I have a problem with is the fact
> that people engage in behavior that would cause
> pregnancy (i.e. unprotected sex)

Yeah, boo to married couples having unprotected sex.

> If you're not prepared to give a child
> emotional and financial support, you have no
> right to have children.

You can have almost no money and still give your kid financial support. There are families who have no money whatsoever and still raise perfectly fine children.


> Anyway, I know people can fall on bad times and
> have bad luck and all that, but if you're going
> to be a parent, you have to at least make an
> effort to keep away from risky financial
> behavior (no investing all your money in
> internet start-ups) and the like.

You didn't say anything about this in your first post. And what if you're a stockbroker? That's risky financial behavior. So is buying an antique, and so are pretty much all financial transactions, as well as never doing anything with your money ever.

> I'm judging people who go ahead and have
> children/engage in unprotected sex even though
> they know, or should know, that they cannot
> raise children properly.

I don't think it's that easy. How do you "know" whether you can raise a child properly unless you have one? I can see how a lot of people would think they knew whether they could or couldn't and then end up being wrong.

-eric "Grr? I'll show you 'grr'" sleator
tue 14 Nov A.D. 2000