Why would someone beat a child to death on Chrismas?
Originally posted by: munruss
Very sad...
Originally posted by: ActPrincess
It seems to me more and more often i am realizing that some people should not be allowed to have children. I mean come on.. you need a licence to drive a car, a licence to have a dog, but any moron can go out and have a kid.....:frown:
Originally posted by: KGB
Originally posted by: munruss
Very sad...
Is anyone else not suprised by this?
I mean a single mother with 2 kids. How far do you think that child would have went. I mean look at the MAJORITY of single parent families and read how messed up they are. The boyfriend is a prime example. Drunk bum (most likely), and a mother who DATES these kind of man. I mean the daughter would have probably grown up, with no respect for herself or others. Probably use drugs, smoke, get pregnant very early. Then I would be angry because I have to pay for THEIR mistakes (Medicaid, food stamps) Single parent homes aren't really a pretty site. Now that's what I find to be sad also
(now I know that what I say isn't totally true. I have friends who came from a single parent family, they're cool. Don't think I'm saying EVERY single parent family is like this)
Yes, thank you for saying not all single parent homes are like this.... truth be told, i have seen some pretty f*ed up 2 parent families as well.... they mother hates the father but they are staying together for the children but having afairs with other people...sheesh, it is sometimes just as bad. This problem has no "border" or society lines either. It can happen in the richest of cities and the poorest of slums.
It seems to me more and more often i am realizing that some people should not be allowed to have children. I mean come on.. you need a licence to drive a car, a licence to have a dog, but any moron can go out and have a kid.....
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
It seems to me more and more often i am realizing that some people should not be allowed to have children. I mean come on.. you need a licence to drive a car, a licence to have a dog, but any moron can go out and have a kid.....
I don't disagree w/ the sentiment, but i have a problem with how it will be carried out. can you imagine a state department licensing and giving permission to have children?? can you imagine how political something like that could get??
would they discriminate based on race, mb not, but would they discriminate based on income??
i don't know. i have a problem with giving more responsibilities to the state.
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
It seems to me more and more often i am realizing that some people should not be allowed to have children. I mean come on.. you need a licence to drive a car, a licence to have a dog, but any moron can go out and have a kid.....
I don't disagree w/ the sentiment, but i have a problem with how it will be carried out. can you imagine a state department licensing and giving permission to have children?? can you imagine how political something like that could get??
would they discriminate based on race, mb not, but would they discriminate based on income??
i don't know. i have a problem with giving more responsibilities to the state.
Originally posted by: ActPrincess
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
It seems to me more and more often i am realizing that some people should not be allowed to have children. I mean come on.. you need a licence to drive a car, a licence to have a dog, but any moron can go out and have a kid.....
I don't disagree w/ the sentiment, but i have a problem with how it will be carried out. can you imagine a state department licensing and giving permission to have children?? can you imagine how political something like that could get??
would they discriminate based on race, mb not, but would they discriminate based on income??
i don't know. i have a problem with giving more responsibilities to the state.
yeah, it was just a figure of speech. I agree with you wholly. still, you see people with a delapidated house, on welfare, with 10 kids....its just pathetic. I hate HATE the idea of welfare.
but hypothetically, i would hope that they discriminate partially on income. what i mean is, they should set the income limit to subsistence and base the rest on criterea concerning the parents themselves. after all, i'd rather have a dirt poor good parent than a rich bad parent. and of course they wouldn't base it on race! jesus...
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
It seems to me more and more often i am realizing that some people should not be allowed to have children. I mean come on.. you need a licence to drive a car, a licence to have a dog, but any moron can go out and have a kid.....
I don't disagree w/ the sentiment, but i have a problem with how it will be carried out. can you imagine a state department licensing and giving permission to have children?? can you imagine how political something like that could get??
would they discriminate based on race, mb not, but would they discriminate based on income??
i don't know. i have a problem with giving more responsibilities to the state.
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
but hypothetically, i would hope that they discriminate partially on income. what i mean is, they should set the income limit to subsistence and base the rest on criterea concerning the parents themselves. after all, i'd rather have a dirt poor good parent than a rich bad parent. and of course they wouldn't base it on race! jesus...
One would hope not,
but imagine the scenarios.
1. It's just about revenues and the hand out licenses to everyone that applies. (obviously this would be pointless and would never fly).
2. It is very indepth but ULTIMATELY it is going to be up to the judgement of the bureaucrat making the decision. that's the problem, it will be impossible to set good guidelines so they will have to leave it up to the "instincts" of the person making the call. IF this is the case, don't you think racial biases and prejudices will play a part in the decision making process?