Should You Have to Have A permit To Have Children?

[rebgirl420]

A friend of mine and I were arguing about this. I can see both sides. Some people shouldn't have children though and this could prevent some weirdos from having children. But on the other hand the government is big enough as it is and it would be almost impossible to enforce.

But in a perfect world, what do you think?

rebgirl420 Reviewed by rebgirl420 on 03-10-2008. Should You Have to Have A permit To Have Children? A friend of mine and I were arguing about this. I can see both sides. Some people shouldn't have children though and this could prevent some weirdos from having children. But on the other hand the government is big enough as it is and it would be almost impossible to enforce. But in a perfect world, what do you think? Rating: 5

[NextLineIsMine]

Technically no cause it would be a step closer to a omnipotent goverment


However WAY too many people have children before they are even remotely close to ready. Being married does not mean you are ready for children. There are too many broken homes out there

[rebgirl420]

I agree. it's a hard question.

It would never work of course. But I think the main point is that a lot of people who have kids are not qualified to take care of a house plant let alone a living, breathing human being.

[katyowns]

Terrible idea.

I'm child-free myself and plan to remain so for the rest of my life, but I believe something like regulating child bearing is a step toward making a powerful government even more fascist.

[rebgirl420]

^ Which is why it would never work.

The government is too big as it is. It's so big it can barely get out of it's own way. They can't even fix my roads, let alone decide who gets to reproduce or not.

Plus you have to throw in there the question: What happens if someone who is deemed not fit to be a parent gets pregnant anyway? Forced abortions don't sound very good to me.

[NextLineIsMine]

^ Which is why it would never work.

The government is too big as it is. It's so big it can barely get out of it's own way. They can't even fix my roads, let alone decide who gets to reproduce or not.

Plus you have to throw in there the question: What happens if someone who is deemed not fit to be a parent gets pregnant anyway? Forced abortions don't sound very good to me.

You basically described China there, literally agents show up at your door and escort you to the hospital for your operation unbeknown to you

[rebgirl420]

That just screams "human rights violations".

[xcrispi]

I know some ppl. that just should not be allowed to reproduce .
Crispi :jointsmile:

[Coelho]

A friend of mine and I were arguing about this. I can see both sides. Some people shouldn't have children though and this could prevent some weirdos from having children. But on the other hand the government is big enough as it is and it would be almost impossible to enforce.

But in a perfect world, what do you think?

In a "perfect" world there wouldnt be weirdos and everybody would be able to have their children... so this question only makes sense in our imperfect world.

[Nightcrewman]

I don't know about having a license to have them but I am pretty sure you would have to be certified insane to have them, I used to have plenty of money and a lot more hair, then came the kids LOL.

On a more serious note I know a lot of people who should have never been allowed to have kids for various reasons so I am in favor of some kind of system that vets people before allowing them to have kids. No one should be allowed to bring kids into abject misery for example, human rights also apply to kids as well.

Cheers

NCM