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Posted: Mar 07 2010 06:34 pm

Yeah, but if I get my license revoked they don't cut off my hands and feet! Laughing

You're telling me you'd be totally comfortable with a Government Agency forcing sterilization on you? Confused

Posted: Mar 08 2010 07:19 am

Well sterilization would only come into play in extreme circumstances. Like, when it's clear this person could never be a good parent; pedophile, sexual predator, mentally ill, extremely physically disabled, etc. I'd even consider sterilizing all convicted felons. Once you commit a crime, you lose the right to have children.

Posted: Mar 08 2010 10:31 am

Blackout wrote:

Yeah, but if I get my license revoked they don't cut off my hands and feet! Laughing

You're telling me you'd be totally comfortable with a Government Agency forcing sterilization on you? Confused

It's not much different from quarantining people who are ill with an incurable, terminal disease. Only in this case, the incurable disease is stupidity. Stopping the spread of stupidity can only benefit mankind.

But seriously, while I think forced sterilization/abortions is extreme, I'm absolutely in favor of regulating procreation. Welfare benefits should be held back from anyone who has a child without a licence. If that sounds a little harsh, well.......condoms are cheap, people. Use them.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

Pandajuice wrote:

I know people would be up in arms about it because people are retarded. The single biggest threat to the planet right now is overpopulation, not global warming or gay marriage. Africa will never get on its feet because they can't stop crapping out kids and even the US is starting to become crowded. China recognized the problem a long time ago and implemented their one child policy that has been pretty successful for them. They manage to enforce it, so why can't we?

My idea is just requiring a license for every child that you have. Every time you plan to have a child, you must take a state mandated test about basic parenting, they do a background check to verify your income, make sure you're not a convicted felon, etc, and if you pass, you get the license. If you fail, you don't get to have a child. If you do anyway, you go to prison.

If you're already pregnant and fail the test, you'll be forced to get an abortion. That would help prevent accidental pregnancies by a large margain. If you fail the test say, 3 different times, then you get your tubes tied. I'd also like to see a maximum of three kids per couple unless they're extraordinarily rich and can prove they have enough time to have more.

I want to live in a world where crazy Octomom (who lives with her parents and whose money goes toward cosmetic surgery to look more like Angelina Jolie) was never allowed to have 6 children, let alone 8 more for a total of 14. 14 screwed up kids we have to live with now that should never have existed.

Everything else is policed and regulated, so why isn't this? Reproduction is not a basic human right in my opinion because it impacts every other member of society. There are just too many screwed up parents out there. In my system, the good parents will still be able to have kids, while the fucked up ones won't. Simples.

Wow that's way harsh.
I like my idea where it's so apealing that people who don't have it will be social outcasts.
Of course I do like your idea on background checks

Posted: Mar 08 2010 03:07 pm

Pandajuice wrote:

I know people would be up in arms about it because people are retarded. The single biggest threat to the planet right now is overpopulation, not global warming or gay marriage. Africa will never get on its feet because they can't stop crapping out kids and even the US is starting to become crowded. China recognized the problem a long time ago and implemented their one child policy that has been pretty successful for them. They manage to enforce it, so why can't we?
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Your kidding right? Um, I was under the impression that we were facing a potentially massive UNDERPOPULATION problem. 2.13 children per household is required to maintain a population and tons of countries are either below that or or on their way to going below that. Specifically, Russia China and Japan are encouraging their population to have MORE children, Russia even offering fiscal incentive for doing so.

""Demographic Winter" describes the causes and consequences of plummeting birth rates worldwide, which are down more than 50% in the past 40 years due to massive legalization of abortion around the world."