Hi Tim, I'm a bit confused... You're suggesting that deliberately not having children is =selfish=? I'm thinking precisely the opposite than that. Stopped at 0, myself. Step-fathered a few in my time, though. Carl On 24/04/14 15:44, Tim Connors wrote:
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Carl Turney wrote:
It's a self-inflicted mortal wound, and I'm tired of being an evangelist on the subject. I'm 61, giving up, and looking out for number one from now on.
Heh. Agreed. A while ago I came to the conclusion humans don't have the maturity to deal with a global problem or elect actual leaders, and this is not going to change in my lifetime. Humans are too selfish to make short term sacrifices for the good of the future.
And very much more recently, I started to not care anymore. Ironically, it is now I that have become selfish. Deliberately not having children, I'm OK, Jack. I suspect my part of the world won't be too much more difficult to handle by the end of my time, but those who have had kids will probably regret the world they have set up for their kids, but hey, it's all self inflicted. They needed that SUV to ferry their brats to school across the road.