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Comment by legutierr

It's such a strange thing to argue that a child who is poor would be better off never to have been born at all—and then to characterize that argument as somehow being in favor of that child's interest.

My point is that a hard-working, upright and moral couple that wants a child should have one even if they are dirt poor, and shouldn't stop themselves because they don't have money. If the child ends up being unhappy in that environment purely as a result of the lack of money, then that is society's failing—our failing—not a failing of the parents'. We haven't done our duty to help this couple raise a happy family.

> In which family did you grow up? Pops and moms were happy campers with middle class income?

This is a strangely personal comment. Is this argument very personal for you? Is there something about your own life that makes you want to deny life to others?

parent legutierr 3 years ago

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