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Originally posted by Undertoad
Because my particular genetic combination is so awesome that it would actually be unethical not to add it to the gene pool for the future of humanity.
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Says the man who wants no children.
The gene passing seemed more important to men back in the days of yore. I would say it was a prestige and honor thing, as I can't say I've heard any real reasons as to why it was so important. Fortunately, women were around to keep the men in check--they were looking for quality, not quantity.
Then you had people procreating to help with the family business--maybe you ran a farm or something like that...so you needed all the hands you could get. And I would think it cheaper to raise a child than to pay an adult a living wage...more or less.
As far as adoption being "second rate," it's so unfortunate. Some people are so narrow-minded...they have this perfect idea in their mind of having their own perfect baby and raising it from birth to adulthood. It sounds nice in theory, but sometimes, it just doesn't work that way.
To tie it in to your post as a whole, Bruce--obviously, if you have to adopt, it's not really YOURS...it won't necessarily be in your image. And while there are many people out there that could give a shit less about that, unfortunately, that can play heavily on the minds of many others.
I just don't get some people...so desperate to have a child...so desperate to keep up with the Joneses. So desperate that they'll spend thousands of dollars to adopt a child from Eastern Europe or to essentially buy a baby on the black market. If that doesn't work, they'll head over to Asia, b/c Asian babies are almost as good as white ones. Meanwhile, there are a lot of relatively healthy black babies crying out for a mommy or daddy regardless of the color. And yet, that seems the furthest thing from some people's minds...maybe it's innocent, maybe it's hidden racism...who knows?
(And it doesn't help when some in the black community bitch about their babies being turned white...of course, you don't see them rushing to take them in.)