Not to carry this any further than it needs to be, but I've officially retracted my comment and edited myself accordingly. My apologies for any offense (though not intended) you may have incurred.
Side note: Everyone in every religion has a relation on some level who's been killed for their religion. It's nice to say that...
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Dangerous ideas grow from apparently innocent throw-away comments. That's how anti-semitism grows, that's how "anti-Papism" grows and that's how bigotry grows.
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...but is quite irrelevent in this case, and makes me look like a bigoted asshole. I am neither a bigot, nor an asshole. In fact, i'm likely THE LEAST bigoted person on the face of the fucking planet. I love everyone. Making a comment based on my own experiences and perceptions of my own people does not make me a bigot, nor was my comment some sort of "slippery-slope" towards evil, as you seem to have painted it.
Also: havign more children was a sign of fertility and a love for God. They had as many kids as they could in the time they had to do it in, and were happier with each success. Perhaps "sport" is the wrong term to use to describe the fervent nature in which traditional Catholic families have children, but look at the facts. Who wouldn't work as hard and fast as they could to win more of God's favor? I hardly see how that could be offensive, but i've removed it anyhow.