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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: DomImus

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ORIGINAL: sirsholly
Am i the only one that thinks there is something seriously wrong with these two?

Am I the only one who thinks that as long as they can support their brood (and seemingly they can) that it is none of your freaking business?

No, you are not.

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ORIGINAL: TwistedHeart74

If I remember right, when this couple first came into the spotlight on t.v. they WERE on government handouts. They received medicaid and foodstamps. Now I understand that sometimes you just need a handup, not a handout and using the system in place is a good thing. But come on....20 children? The only reason they aren't on all that now is BECAUSE of the show. (correct me if I'm wrong by all means).

Personally, I would never have any more children. I have 3 and they are 3 plenty. It's hard enough to raise one in this day and age, I cannot imagine how they do it. And comparing this to our grandparents day isn't even in the same ballpark. The cost of living was much lower, education was cheaper and large families weren't uncommon back in the day when you lived on a farm and were pretty self sufficient.

I just shake my head when religion is used as an excuse to do whatever you want without thought of how it affects anybody else.

I can't stop anybody from procreating (though in some cases boy howdy does that gene pool need to dry up), so my thoughts and opinions are strictly my own. I wouldn't put my ideas off anybody else either. I don't believe abortion to be a viable method of birth control, and I think it's insane to refuse to use birth control because of religious reasons. If you want to procreate until your uterus falls out, that's on you. Personally I think it's bug shit crazy. If your god didn't want you to use it, why would he have given someone the knowledge to make it?

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If I remember right, when this couple first came into the spotlight on t.v. they WERE on government handouts.

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

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If I remember right, when this couple first came into the spotlight on t.v. they WERE on government handouts.

Your memory might be faulty, perhaps before making such accusations you should back them up with real information.

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ORIGINAL: marie2

They all look clothed, fed and happy. And at this point at least one or two of the children must be legally adults by now, and a couple more of them must be a year or two away from the age of adulthood.

I have no idea how they feed that many kids....hell....2 large loaves of bread for lunch every day. Six chickens in the oven for dinner? Sure sounds a bit insane, but as long as they're not popping out kids and looking for gov't handouts, I say go for it.

Would I ever do it? No way. One was the perfect number for me, but some people enjoy large families. And who is to say what the "cut off" number should be? 8, 10, 12 kids? Like I said, by the time you're on kid number 20, several of the others are already adults, or soon-to-be adults anyway. Christ, at that rate, there's gotta be at least one kid per year reaching the age of adulthood, so techinically it's not really like they're actually raising 20 kids all at the same time. They're all just living as one big happy family, and every year or two, another one of them turns 18, learns to drive, goes to work and/or starts college.

As far as being high-risk in her 40's. Plenty of women take that risk for what they believe in and what they hope for or what they want. Doesn't matter if it's kid number one or kid number 20, it's a very personal, and I'm sure (difficult) decision that many women make. What if she dies and leaves one motherless, 3 motherless or 20 motherless? At least they would still have their father, and their adult siblings to help carry the load.

You fail to acknowledge the problem of overpopulation.  What about the other inhabitants of this planet?  Is it ok to just populate the earth with my species at the expense of other creatures?  Never mind the fact that the environment depends on all the creatures that are here in order to function and be a life supporting planet. 

We also put others in danger, danger of famine, disease, and warfare, when we choose to overpopulate without regard for the other creatures here. 

For those that want large families, guess what?  We already have a large family, the family that resides on this planet and we need to learn to live together, because we really can't live without each other.  And I'm referring to all species, not just one.

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ORIGINAL: DomImus

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ORIGINAL: sirsholly
Am i the only one that thinks there is something seriously wrong with these two?

Am I the only one who thinks that as long as they can support their brood (and seemingly they can) that it is none of your freaking business?

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

I find the constant whinning  about removing the rights of a economic class of people  to procreate to be of more sinister issue that some stupid female putting herself thru how many pregnancies.

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By the time each of their kids marries and has a big family (which they almost certainly will),

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Have fun envisioning how these people are going to find work, peace, sustenance, in a world that is already having very serious trouble providing for those who are already here.
I maintain: just because you CAN do something, doesn't necessarily mean that you SHOULD.

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ORIGINAL: tornaway


I find this sorta thing to be totally selfish .    I don't see this as much different than some subs on here -  "it's all about what I want "  !

Nor do I see this couple as much different than those repulsive puppy mills.    There's thousands of children - already here - that ache every day to have a permanent home of their own.   So not only are these folks adding disproportionately to the population ,  as supposed lovers of children , they're doing nothing to alleviate the homeless child problem .

   That 'ole  "just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD"  argument.    That boy oughta be neutered !    And I'd be happy to do the job !        

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ORIGINAL: gungadin09

i think it's important to remember that it's not illegal in this country to be a gigantic freak. THANK GOD! It's also not illegal so see a gigantic freak and call them one.

pam

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

Now, we could always become like China, and have a one child policy... perhaps you would like that better

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However I know you were just being sarcastic w/ith the suggestion.