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Old 08-12-2021, 04:40 PM   #2255
Bill Bumface
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Originally Posted by rubecube View Post
I think if you told a prospective parent that there was a high-probability that their child would from starvation or dehydration, I think most people would have second thoughts.

I'm not saying that that's what's going to happen in the future, just that it's not crazy to be reluctant based on those thoughts.
I'm in agreement that it's not crazy to be reluctant. I had the same thoughts before deciding to have kids.

One other angle is maybe could raise them to be people that cared for others and the greater good, and be part of the solution.

I also refused to have more kids than the replacement value.

I'm just not sure that I can make the call that, for example, living 40 years of an amazing life and they dying of dehydration isn't a tradeoff that some unborn kid would jump at.

For me personally, I would take my life so far if it was at the cost of a bit of a nasty death. It's been mostly great, and I'd rather have had this than nothing.
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