I'm pointing out the obvious. That you are casting aside any value you have as your starting point. If you refuse to have and raise children unless your ridiculous optimum conditions are met, then you are the snobby couple at the beginning of Idiocracy.
Should we accept their behavior then? Those who pass on their lineage routinely sacrifice their children for Mammon and Moloch. I am not saying give up, but some standards must be met. One doesn't want to end up another destroyed divorcee, with broken children or spending their whole lives in a situation they hate.
And you came across as shaming, sorry if I read too much into that and misinterpreted what you said. I am just used to hearing the same shaming tactics and language over and over again.
Also, not true on passing on the lineage being the end all be all. There are many a saint, many a hero, many an inventor and other assorted great men who left no children behind but did great things for their peoples and communities. And there are many a man who breed but did nothing, and their children remained slaves and paupers for all time. Breeding is important, but not everything.
Who is "they", and what did I possibly say that suggests wickedness should be accepted? Honestly that's a huge leap.
My point here is simple. Using withdrawal as a negotiation tactic isn't effective against people who want precisely what you're threatening them with. They don't want good men and women to have children and raise families.
And yes, passing on your genes is not necessarily the only way to contribute to society.
But doing so otherwise requires you to be a man like Tesla, Browning or Kilby. You likely aren't and I'm certainly not, accomplished though I may be.
You aren't being "shamed" lol.
I'm pointing out the obvious. That you are casting aside any value you have as your starting point. If you refuse to have and raise children unless your ridiculous optimum conditions are met, then you are the snobby couple at the beginning of Idiocracy.
You don't pass on your lineage, you don't matter.
Why would anyone give you what you say you want?
Should we accept their behavior then? Those who pass on their lineage routinely sacrifice their children for Mammon and Moloch. I am not saying give up, but some standards must be met. One doesn't want to end up another destroyed divorcee, with broken children or spending their whole lives in a situation they hate.
And you came across as shaming, sorry if I read too much into that and misinterpreted what you said. I am just used to hearing the same shaming tactics and language over and over again.
Also, not true on passing on the lineage being the end all be all. There are many a saint, many a hero, many an inventor and other assorted great men who left no children behind but did great things for their peoples and communities. And there are many a man who breed but did nothing, and their children remained slaves and paupers for all time. Breeding is important, but not everything.
Who is "they", and what did I possibly say that suggests wickedness should be accepted? Honestly that's a huge leap.
My point here is simple. Using withdrawal as a negotiation tactic isn't effective against people who want precisely what you're threatening them with. They don't want good men and women to have children and raise families.
And yes, passing on your genes is not necessarily the only way to contribute to society.
But doing so otherwise requires you to be a man like Tesla, Browning or Kilby. You likely aren't and I'm certainly not, accomplished though I may be.