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If people want to terminate their gene line which traces back to the genesis of life on this planet, I don't see why anyone should stop them or try to convince

If people want to terminate their gene line which traces back to the genesis of life on this planet, I don't see why anyone should stop them or try to convince them otherwise. The entire point of a liberal society is to accept that what life is right for us is not the same as what life is right for another person.

nsxwolf 11y ago
Stop them no - but why not try to convince? When did liberal society reject the notion of trying to persuade someone to adopt your point of view?
- RIMR 11y ago
  It is impolite to criticize the life choices of another person, especially when those choices don't involve or affect you.
  - vectorjohn 11y ago
    Lets not pretend these choices don't affect other people. It affects everyone when someone does or does not decide to reproduce. It is meaningful.
  - dogma1138 11y ago
    Not having children actually does effects you, our whole system is built on the fact that we'll produce new generations which will be larger and produce more capital to support us. So if people deciding enmasse not to have children at the appropriate age (this includes me btw) they are screwing things up for everyone. Also if we all were polite and politically correct we would still be living in the dark ages, it was impolite to say the least to criticize the church, it was impolite to talk about ending slavery, integration, human rights, women's rights, gay rights and every other social movement that made our society what it is today. Social changes can only be created when people act radically in direct opposition to the norms of society.
    - pgeorgi 11y ago
      As it stands, there's the baby boomers waging war against their offspring by bleeding to death the societies they live in for their own benefit. That notion of "new generations [are required] to support us" can go die in a fire. (was that sufficiently impolite to prevent living in the dark ages?)
RIMR 11y ago
>If people want to terminate their gene line which traces back to the genesis of life on this planet MY gene line traces back all the way to when I was born, and no further. My family's gene line (the one that traces back to the first living cell) is being carried forward through other people (cousins, etc.). If I really want MY genes carried on, I'll go donate sperm... Some of us don't romanticize the idea of having genetically-related children. My wife and I both have mothers who were adopted, so we have always felt that IF we decided to have a child, we would adopt, despite being fertile, simply because it would be better to give an orphan parents than to create another human life. Our mothers sure appreciated it when they were adopted into loving families.

nsxwolf 11y ago

Stop them no - but why not try to convince? When did liberal society reject the notion of trying to persuade someone to adopt your point of view?

RIMR 11y ago
It is impolite to criticize the life choices of another person, especially when those choices don't involve or affect you.
- vectorjohn 11y ago
  Lets not pretend these choices don't affect other people. It affects everyone when someone does or does not decide to reproduce. It is meaningful.
- dogma1138 11y ago
  Not having children actually does effects you, our whole system is built on the fact that we'll produce new generations which will be larger and produce more capital to support us. So if people deciding enmasse not to have children at the appropriate age (this includes me btw) they are screwing things up for everyone. Also if we all were polite and politically correct we would still be living in the dark ages, it was impolite to say the least to criticize the church, it was impolite to talk about ending slavery, integration, human rights, women's rights, gay rights and every other social movement that made our society what it is today. Social changes can only be created when people act radically in direct opposition to the norms of society.
  - pgeorgi 11y ago
    As it stands, there's the baby boomers waging war against their offspring by bleeding to death the societies they live in for their own benefit. That notion of "new generations [are required] to support us" can go die in a fire. (was that sufficiently impolite to prevent living in the dark ages?)

RIMR 11y ago

>If people want to terminate their gene line which traces back to the genesis of life on this planet MY gene line traces back all the way to when I was born, and no further. My family's gene line (the one that traces back to the first living cell) is being carried forward through other people (cousins, etc.). If I really want MY genes carried on, I'll go donate sperm... Some of us don't romanticize the idea of having genetically-related children. My wife and I both have mothers who were adopted, so we have always felt that IF we decided to have a child, we would adopt, despite being fertile, simply because it would be better to give an orphan parents than to create another human life. Our mothers sure appreciated it when they were adopted into loving families.