I am just randomly (and months later) here because I liked your post on dot_gimp_snark & lurked over here to your journal.

I wanted to comment about this thread:

I didn't see the original question, don't follow those public threads and have no doubt they are rife with stupidity.

And your point here is very worth taking.

Having said that, however, I must add:

I believe that the original question, as worded, is a valid and absolutely necessary question, along with its corollary:
if having children is a fundamental human right, how may we humanely restrict the number of births on this planet?

This is a conversation our species must have, or breed ourselves straight into extinction.

Some of my favorite authors, Lois McMaster Bujold in particular, have some cogent thoughts on this subject.

I think I agree with you that LJ may not post questions like this with high-minded public debate as the goal: but we have to talk about these things. Maybe anything that gets these conversations going, so we have the opportunity to point out the dangers and inequities -- as you did -- along with the necessities, is a good thing.

What do you think?