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Originally Posted by Plan9
And by "right" I'm suggesting justification.
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Well, since you put it
that way, let's start by assuming that you intend to raise your potential progeny to reflect your values. The next generation will have to be set into place to provide for the offspring of those that should
never have been permitted to reproduce. Looking at the question from
that facet, it quickly becomes clear that you not only have the "right", and the "justification", but you also have a
responsibility to sire taxable producers to support the next generation of non-producers. So the question is not so much what right do
you have to reproduce, but how long do we continue to allow those that cannot take care of the children that they already have, to continue to propagate.
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Originally Posted by Plan9
What, if anything, should stop me from getting a vasectomy tomorrow and living the dream?
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Not a goddamn thing. Look, from what I can tell, you're in the process of setting up the foundation to have a very successful life for yourself. In less time than you think, you'll be able to ditch the boring sensible automobile and get yourself a fast and shiny sports car. You will be able to have a home that will be the envy of all that you know. Your clothes won't be from J.C. Penney's. But...then what? For me, the kids are what makes it all worthwhile. So, no...you don't have a "right" to have children. But, if it's justification that you're looking for, the feeling that you get from looking in on your sleeping children makes the minivan in driveway, and the foot lacerations from stepping on stray Lego's all worth it. Otherwise, what are you really working for?