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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having children is also selfish. If you ask someone why they want kids, the answer is "I wanted them" or some variation of that. No one is procreating for a greater good. They're doing it because it's what they want.

Childfree people can be selfless and parents can be selfish. It has nothing to do with whether or not you have kids.[/quote]

That's like saying childless people can be murderers and so can people with children.

We're talking about selfishness in the context of making the decision to have kids. Also, who says they didn't have them for the greater good. [b]There are tons of people who feel an obligation to have kids for the greater good.[/b][/quote]
How narcissistic do you have to be to think that reproducing [i]your[/i] genes is "for the greater good"? LOL.

Get a grip. You had kids because you wanted to. Because you wanted to be a parent. Because you wanted grandchildren. Because you wanted to have someone to take care of you when you're old and decrepit. [/quote]

No, I did it to gift the world a great poet or scientist. [/quote]

So you couldn't hack being a great poet or scientist yourself, but you ecpect your kid will for you? Okay.[/quote]

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