The American Spectator

Six children? My hat off to you sir. I love kids, to a certain extent. I don’t think I would ever want six. Two, maybe three for me is about all I think I can eventually handle.

But that’s my preference, and each of us are allowed that, and I respect yours. To all of those who choose not to have children, I say ‘Thank you.’ It’s good to know your particular brand of insanity will not be imbedded into the next generation. However, let me make this as clear as I possibly can.

Life is about that next generation. From the single-cell organisms of 3.8 billion years ago until this day, the amazing achievements of Mankind, the goal of life has always been the same: make the next generation better than the last. Make sure your genes are there. Are we over-burdening this planet? Hardly. I won’t reiterate any of Mr. McCain’s excellent points on this.

You don’t want to have children, that’s fine. Again, thank you. But don’t peddle your insanity onto the rest of us, please.

p>Think of the children. Please, won’t anyone think of the children? br> — Charles Campbell br> Austin, Texas /p> p> What would we do without the “selflessness” of those who refuse to have children in order to “save” the planet? One might ask if they think their mothers agree with them. br> — Arnold Ahlert br> Boca Raton, Florida /p> p> We should rejoice in the fact that the eco-freaks are electing self-sterilization to save the planet. Now if we can get the global-warming crowd, the 911 conspiracy brigade and most of Hollywood to go along, our next generation will have a considerably brighter gene pool!