Kais86 wrote...
My apologies, my ADD was kicking in.
I think that the world right now, while surely not perfect by any definition, is acceptable, it is definitely better than the 17th century was. So even with natural disasters and all the crap that is going on I would still have a child, several if I could.
@Moses, you never answered the initial question, while its fine you can be a bear, bears still have a gender. I also didn't mean to suggest you were any of those I was simply trying to clarify your statement, or more preferably have you clarify it. We should also take this to PM(s) if we are going to hash this out any further.
What I meant isn't that the world needs to be perfect. I think it is just neccasary that it begins to move. We have really been stagnant when it comes to problems like global warming etc.
I think I'd feel pretty guilty if I would push the problems that the world currently has onto a child in the way of "Well, my generation didn't do shit all, now you gotta face the consequences. Sorry but that's life." And no I am not an extremist when it comes to global warming, I just think it is worse than most diseases as it comes sneaking and slowly with "hidden deathcounts".