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That's a different issue for sure. My comment was really about replacing a human child with a cat for eco-friendly reasons.
by thefounder 6y ago
That's a different issue for sure. My comment was really about replacing a human child with a cat for eco-friendly reasons.
- haswell 6y agoExceptional circumstances aside, I do not believe anyone who truly wants a child will instead decide "I'll have a cat instead". Arguing about kids vs. cats is not useful if you don't consider the many factors that should be considered when having kids, even if the focus of your argument is one of environmental impact. For example, say I choose to have kids purely because I thought that might someday save the environment, but ignore the fact that I'm not well equipped to raise children to begin with (a factor that lessens the chances of future success), my plan starts to sound like a pretty bad one. An earlier comment pointed out that many younger people are deciding to have pets instead of kids. That comment did not explore why. Without understanding why (I added my why as an anecdote), any argument about the baseline merits of one vs. the other is not going to be an argument worth considering.