QUORA THREAD

[Hawken]

I love quora and i am pretty sure a couple of you are on there as well.

Anyway, as our feeds are very likely to be different due to varied interests, i'll be sharing some of my favorites answers on this thread (Feel free to share yours too). Some of these answers will be funny, sad, serious etc.

Meanwhile, expect to read a lot of answers relating to dogs and cats hehe 😁

[Hawken]

WHAT IS THE MOST HORRIFYING SCIENTIFIC THEORY THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT?

WRITTEN BY - STEVE BRENNAN FOR QUORA

The Dark Forest Theory. Before I explain it, I’ll give a little bit of background information to put it into perspective:

The Dark Forest is one of many theories that may explain the Fermi Paradox. If you aren’t aware, the Fermi Paradox is the apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations elsewhere in this vast, unending Universe.

There are hundreds of billions of galaxies in the known universe. The Milky Way Galaxy alone has at least 100 Billion stars; each star more or less like our own (which we call the Sun, or “Sol”). Each of these stars potentially has several planets in orbit around them.

Even if only the tiniest fraction of these planets held life, and only the tiniest fraction of life-bearing planets held intelligent life, we are still looking at thousands of extraterrestrial civilizations out there in just the Milky Way Galaxy alone. And that’s not even including the other hundreds of billions of galaxies!

But we have absolutely ZERO evidence for extraterrestrial civilizations! Hence, the Fermi Paradox.

There are many theories that attempt to explain the Fermi paradox. One is that life is so incredibly rare and the Galaxy is so broad that finding it elsewhere would be like finding a specific grain of sand on a beach. Another theory suggests that life itself may not be so rare, but intelligent life is incredibly rare. Another theory posits that most civilizations destroy themselves early on. Think of humanity’s close calls with atomic/nuclear weapons. The theories are endless. But one of these theories is much darker than the rest: The Dark Forest Theory!

The Dark Forest Theory is a truly terrifying explanation for the Fermi Paradox, but nevertheless, it makes a lot of sense. It might sound like a paranoid idea, but it could easily explain why we can’t find anyone. Essentially, it says that we haven’t found extraterrestrial civilizations because they are purposely being quiet for their own safety.

The argument for the Dark Forest Theory is laid out like this:

• All life desires to stay alive
• There is no way to know if other lifeforms can or will destroy you if given the chance.
• Lacking assurances, the safest option for any species is to stay quiet and monitor the others.

The universe could potentially be akin to a Dark Forest. Every civilization could potentially represent an armed soldier stalking through the trees. Each soldier must be silent and careful, because everywhere in the Dark Forest are stealthy, silent soldiers like himself. Each breath must be silent… each footstep must be silent. If he finds another life- he either risks his own life by trusting it, or he opens fire to eliminate them before they can eliminate him.

So why exactly is this theory so terrifying to us, right now? Because we have unwittingly broadcast our existence to the Universe for 100 years now! Ever since radio was invented! Every TV Broadcast, every Radio signal, every WiFi connection! Every potential civilization within 100 light years of us could be silently monitoring us, seeing what moves we make, and thinking about how incredibly stupid we are!

If you were lost in a dark, creepy forest at night… would you scream out to alert all the nearby predators where you were? Probably not! But that’s what humanity has been doing for 100 years!

If we had a solid reason to avoid extraterrestrial civilizations from knowing about us, as Stephen Hawking thought we did, we might have a problem! But since we’ve never actually made contact with anyone, our curiosity defeats our self-preservation. One of the characteristics that has allowed us humans to progress to the point that we are at is our natural inclination to be curious about the unknown. This curiosity can and will catapult us to the stars some day, but it could also be the reason for our extinction!

Hopefully there aren’t any predators on their way to our Earthly location in the Dark Forest as we speak!

Update: I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading all of the comments, both in support of and in rebuttal to the Dark Forest. I know it’s cliché to say this, but when I wrote this answer I didn’t think it would get so much attention. I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to read my answer and speculate on it! I encourage you to look up The Dark Forest on YouTube or read the Science Fiction trilogy “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” by Cixin Liu.

[Hawken]

MY 13 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SAID SHE WANTS TO BE A POLE DANCE WHEN SHES OLDER. HOW DO I EXPLAIN TO HER AS A FATHER THAT ITS NOT A CAREER?

WRITTEN BY - ANDREW WEILL FOR QUORA

Youngsters have all sorts of ideas about all sorts of things.

At a parenting class I attended, I learned an amazingly powerful word:

“Oh.”

It was remarkable how useful it was.

There was one time my daughter at age 14 announced to us that she was taking a weekend trip with three friends to Santa Cruz, apparently unescorted and with no housing or expense plan.

We said “Oh.”

As the weekend approached, she continued to talk about this intent.

We said “Oh.”

The night before the supposed trip, our daughter told us that the event wasn’t happening.

We said, “Oh.”

Number of arguments about the contemplated trip: zero. Number of tears shed: zero. Number of issues: zero.

In parenting, not every battle needs to be won. Not every issue needs to be a battle. Not every explanation needs to be made.

It isn’t always the right choice, but very often, the powerful choice is: “Oh.”

[Hawken]

IS MARGARINE REALLY “ONE ATOM (OR ALTERNATIVELY, ONE MOLECULE) AWAY FROM BEING PLASTIC”? WHICH ATOM (OR MOLECULE) WOULD THAT BE?

WRITTEN BY FRANKLIN VEAUX FOR QUORA

 

Yep.

But wait! It gets worse! Did you know that table salt is just one atom away from the poison gas they used as a chemical weapon during World War I?

When people tell you things like “margarine is one atom away from plastic,” they’re trying to frighten you. They’re also insulting your intelligence.

One molecule, or even one atom, can make a huge difference. Chlorine is a deadly poison gas that can kill you stone cold dead in minutes. Add an atom of sodium—a volatile, unstable metal—and it becomes sodium chloride, also known as salt, a necessary and vital nutrient.

Changing an atom here or a molecule there makes a huge difference. “This is just a molecule away from that!” is the sort of thing someone tells you when they’re trying to manipulate your emotions, and they don’t think you’re very smart.

 

[Mimy]

The dark forest theory. This is quite interesting. 

"Hopefully there aren’t any predators on their way to our Earthly location in the Dark Forest as we speak!"

Except they aren't really certain if they are indeed the predators or preys 

Remember 👇

*All life desires to stay alive

*There is no way to know if other lifeforms can or will destroy you if given the chance.

*Lacking assurances, the safest option for any species is to stay quiet and monitor the others

But again, regardless of the above theory, regardless of our desires to stay alive, regardless of these uncertainties and assurance, man's curiosity defeats his self-preservation. We have not only ceremonially announce our existence to other possible life forms, we are actively in search of these other life forms because, well, curiosity. 🤷

And it's seems that these other possible life forms are really good at hiding, or they aren't as curious as man, or just as man, they too are actively searching, or we're just here alone. 

 

[Hawken]

3 hours ago, Mimy said:

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And it's seems that these other possible life forms are really good at hiding, or they aren't as curious as man, or just as man, they too are actively searching, or we're just here alone.

 Or they are already here with us 😆😆😥

[Mimy]

14 minutes ago, Hawken said:

 Or they are already here with us 😆😆😥

and thinking about how incredibly stupid we are! 😂😂 

[Mimy]

10 hours ago, Hawken said:

I love quora and i am pretty sure a couple of you are on there as well.

Anyway, as our feeds are very likely to be different due to varied interests, i'll be sharing some of my favorites answers on this thread (Feel free to share yours too). Some of these answers will be funny, sad, serious etc.

Meanwhile, expect to read a lot of answers relating to dogs and cats hehe 😁

Lol yea my feeds... Hahaha I rather not say. Anyways I'll be sharing the less offensive ones here too. 

Thanks for this thread, @Hawken. 

[kimi]

Such intelligent conversations...

Now I'll be opening an account for sure! In the past, Ionly checked it out when I had questions that required varied perspectives. 

[Txunamy]

Hahaha Quora. I have only used Quora to ask questions about periods, ovulation, and when to get pregnant..😁 I signed up sometime last year and they kept sending stuff to my inbox, so I unsubscribed to their mails.. Lol

 

[Michelle]

15 hours ago, Hawken said:

MY 13 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SAID SHE WANTS TO BE A POLE DANCE WHEN SHES OLDER. HOW DO I EXPLAIN TO HER AS A FATHER THAT ITS NOT A CAREER?

WRITTEN BY - ANDREW WEILL FOR QUORA

Youngsters have all sorts of ideas about all sorts of things.

At a parenting class I attended, I learned an amazingly powerful word:

“Oh.”

It was remarkable how useful it was.

There was one time my daughter at age 14 announced to us that she was taking a weekend trip with three friends to Santa Cruz, apparently unescorted and with no housing or expense plan.

We said “Oh.”

As the weekend approached, she continued to talk about this intent.

We said “Oh.”

The night before the supposed trip, our daughter told us that the event wasn’t happening.

We said, “Oh.”

Number of arguments about the contemplated trip: zero. Number of tears shed: zero. Number of issues: zero.

In parenting, not every battle needs to be won. Not every issue needs to be a battle. Not every explanation needs to be made.

It isn’t always the right choice, but very often, the powerful choice is: “Oh.”

😂

[Hawken]

What are some of the best screenshots you have taken on your mobile phone?

Written by Kwasi Baidoe for QUORA

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Lastly, don't be like this…..

 

[Hawken]

What do you think of life?

Written by Ben A. for QUORA

I bought my wife a 24K gold bangle when we were in India. Beautiful, yellower-than-a-daisy and bright-as-the-sun kind of thing.

She was delighted.

One day our whirlwind-of-a-son gets hold of it. He twirls it around in his fingers, holds it up to the light, brings it to his mouth, and before we can stop him...

Sinks his teeth right into it.

The thing was so soft that it now has tooth-shaped indentations all around.

A jeweler would have to melt it down and work it back into shape if we wanted it restored to its former glory.

But if that gold bangle had had just a bit more zinc, copper, and nickel added to it, it’d be tough enough that you couldn’t bite into it.

And, you could still call it gold.

But if you added too many other elements, it wouldn’t be gold anymore.

That got me thinking.

If you’re too pure, you lack grit. You end up being so soft that life’ll chew right through you.

But if you’re too impure, you lose your luster. You end up being such a formless mishmash that there’s no telling you’re you.

So the question is—

How do you maintain enough purity while also allowing yourself to become worldly, to mix with the dirt of life, to be both hard and bright?

 

[Hawken]

Is it true that, despite making up only 13% of the population black people commit 50% of all crime?

Answered by Franklin Veaux for QUORA

If you torture the numbers enough, yes. But it doesn’t mean what many people think it means.

It’s not that Black people commit a disproportionate amount of crime, it’s that poor people commit a disproportionate amount of crime…and Black people in the US are disproportionately poor.

If you control for poverty and environment, the correlation goes away.

Basic science 101: correlation does not mean causation. Ice cream sales and death by drowning are linked. Not because ice cream causes drowning, but because people eat more ice cream when it’s hot and go swimming more when it’s hot.

Black people and crime are linked. Not because Black people are criminals, but because urban poverty leads to crime and Black people are over represented among the urban poor.

Sing it with me everyone: Correlation does not mean causation.

[Hawken]

What is something strange or unexpected from which you derive pleasure?

Answered by Mariah A. Hall for QUORA.

I was never comfortable around children. My own childhood taught me that kids aren’t innocent cherubs. Senseless cruelty can hide behind sweet faces.

Children just seemed like such strange, incomplete versions of adults. On the rare occasions when I was around them, I didn’t know how to interact.

When my sister told me she was pregnant I was excited but had no idea what to expect. I thought I’d have to feign affection for the little f*ck trophy until it was old enough to carry on a conversation.

I just had no frame of reference. I watched YouTube videos on how to hold babies. I was terrified I would drop the damn thing. I googled “How to make babies like me” and “What do babies like/do/eat?”

I tried to imagine it, this aunt thing, and just couldn’t wrap my head around it.

And then my nephew was born and everything changed.

He snuggled into me when I held him and made sounds like a puppy.

My sister would say, “Do you want to put him to bed?” I’d take ten minutes to walk him up the stairs, afraid and awed by his fragility and the idea that someone I loved trusted me with something they’d grown in their body and loved above all things.

I have a lot of poetry memorized and lullabies just aren’t in my wheelhouse. I would whisper verses of not-baby-appropriate poetry to him as I rocked him to sleep. If the kid ends up warped, I’m blaming Poe.

When he was a few months old, my sister was holding him and, because I’m a weirdo, I tickled his belly while doing a very creepy laugh. Imagine a poorly imitated super villain laugh and that’s close. I can’t emphasize enough how weird this was…

It probably should have made him cry but, for the first time, he laughed this great, big, belly laugh. For several weeks, all I had to do was let out a loud Muwhaahahaha! cackle to start him giggling uncontrollably.

Lack of intelligent conversation and bowel control be damned, I was completely and irrevocably captivated.

He is now three and a half. I moved closer when he was about a year old and see him almost daily.

He’s quirky, and so, so smart. We talk about sharks and dinosaurs and have read thousands of books together. He asks the most wonderful questions. Everything elicits a “but, why?”

Being his aunt is the most joyful and uncomplicated love I’ve experienced.

He’s my favorite human.

[Hawken]

On 3/16/2019 at 2:52 AM, Mimy said:

Lol yea my feeds... Hahaha I rather not say. Anyways I'll be sharing the less offensive ones here too. 

@Hawken

Lmao, remember we know where you live now 😁 😁

[Txunamy]

10 minutes ago, Hawken said:

What is something strange or unexpected from which you derive pleasure?

Answered by Mariah A. Hall for QUORA.

I was never comfortable around children. My own childhood taught me that kids aren’t innocent cherubs. Senseless cruelty can hide behind sweet faces.

Children just seemed like such strange, incomplete versions of adults. On the rare occasions when I was around them, I didn’t know how to interact.

When my sister told me she was pregnant I was excited but had no idea what to expect. I thought I’d have to feign affection for the little f*ck trophy until it was old enough to carry on a conversation.

I just had no frame of reference. I watched YouTube videos on how to hold babies. I was terrified I would drop the damn thing. I googled “How to make babies like me” and “What do babies like/do/eat?”

I tried to imagine it, this aunt thing, and just couldn’t wrap my head around it.

And then my nephew was born and everything changed.

He snuggled into me when I held him and made sounds like a puppy.

My sister would say, “Do you want to put him to bed?” I’d take ten minutes to walk him up the stairs, afraid and awed by his fragility and the idea that someone I loved trusted me with something they’d grown in their body and loved above all things.

I have a lot of poetry memorized and lullabies just aren’t in my wheelhouse. I would whisper verses of not-baby-appropriate poetry to him as I rocked him to sleep. If the kid ends up warped, I’m blaming Poe.

When he was a few months old, my sister was holding him and, because I’m a weirdo, I tickled his belly while doing a very creepy laugh. Imagine a poorly imitated super villain laugh and that’s close. I can’t emphasize enough how weird this was…

It probably should have made him cry but, for the first time, he laughed this great, big, belly laugh. For several weeks, all I had to do was let out a loud Muwhaahahaha! cackle to start him giggling uncontrollably.

Lack of intelligent conversation and bowel control be damned, I was completely and irrevocably captivated.

He is now three and a half. I moved closer when he was about a year old and see him almost daily.

He’s quirky, and so, so smart. We talk about sharks and dinosaurs and have read thousands of books together. He asks the most wonderful questions. Everything elicits a “but, why?”

Being his aunt is the most joyful and uncomplicated love I’ve experienced.

He’s my favorite human.

Awwww..Kids are Awesome 

[Txunamy]

7 minutes ago, Hawken said:

Lmao, remember we know where you live now 😁 😁

Yes oh

[kimi]

1 hour ago, Txunamy said:

Awwww..Kids are Awesome 

I agree... you never imagine yourself being capable of loving to sucb depths until you have one or someone you love does. 

[kimi]

I'm absolutely enjoying this thread. Thanks Hawken 

[Hawken]

Just now, kimi said:

I'm absolutely enjoying this thread. Thanks Hawken 

😃😃

[Hawken]

What is an unpopular opinion you hold?

Answered by Amy Fellows for QUORA

f***k it. From what I’ve noticed, this seems to be contrary to the attitudes Quora seems to praise the most. I’m just going to say it. Not everyone has to be extremely lax with their social relationship boundaries. Not everyone is a beacon of security, and it’s not always wrong to dislike your partner proclaiming attraction to others.

I am not okay with you openly talking about other women being attractive if we’re in a relationship. Do not call another woman hot in front of me.

I am not okay with you flirting with other women in front of me.

I am not okay with you staring at another woman in public when I’m there. A quick glance or two is enough.

I am not cool with you repeatedly telling me you are really attracted to features I don’t have. There’s no purpose in telling me this. I will not tell you to change it, but will try to discuss it and dip out if my style doesn’t fit you.

I am not okay with you discussing the sexual experiences you’ve had with your previous partners in depth unless they’ve been traumatic and it will help you.

I will not pretend to be all relaxed and tote my lack of insecurity like an honor badge. Those are my preferences. I would never pitch a fit at a partner for having women as close friends or having a nice work friendship with another woman, or talking about other women fondly, or complimenting other women to boost them up. I would never order a partner to do or not do something as it’s wrong to be controlling, but the second you verbally remind me that you think so-and-so is sexy to you, it’s an issue to me. We all have preferences, but please keep them to yourself.

I see many women on Quora (but never men!) get tons of upvotes when they talk about how they have no jealousy and don’t mind when their man/partner gets visibly hot and bothered for someone else.

Well, that’s not me, and I won’t sit and suffer in silence while I or my relationships become toxic and more uncomfortable just to be the cool girlfriend or the wise, sexually open person who’s reached some sort of enlightenment. If you’re less reserved than I am in that way we probably aren’t compatible unless we’re willing to put in mutual discussion and a tiny bit of work. We’re gonna have to talk it out, or if you’re not comfortable with this, we’re gonna have to split up.

Sorry, Quora.

Edit 12/23/18:

If you are the type of person who prefers a relationship totally the opposite of this, have at it. That’s you, that’s none of my business, and I’m happy if you’re happy. I didn’t write this out of frustration with the mere existence of people who are more open with these things; rather, I see a ton of condescension on this site and claims of toxicity aimed at questions that are honestly not indicative of abuse or unreasonable in any way. I’ve just never once seen an answer outwardly support a relationship dynamic where you don’t fawn over others in a way that also wasn’t possessive, so I decided to make one myself.

[Hawken]

What is the greatest paradox you can think of?

Answered by Lucas Curtis for QUORA

1) The Ship of Theseus. Theseus was a Greek hero who did many noble things. When he retired, the grateful Greeks decided to preserve his ship as a monument to his heroism. Of course, the ship was made of wood, iron, and rope…all things that rot or corrode over time. As wooden planks rotted — as iron fasteners rusted — as ropes decayed — the Greeks replaced them piece by piece. Eventually, every single part of the ship had been replaced. So here’s the question: is it still the Ship of Theseus?

If you say “Yes”, then consider the following scenario: what if, as the original pieces were removed and replaced, they were reassembled in the next berth over? Eventually there would be two ships; one made of brand new parts, and one made of the original parts of the Ship of Theseus. Could you still argue that the ship made of new parts is the Ship of Theseus?

If you say “No, it’s not the same ship,” then think about this: at what point does it stop being the Ship of Theseus? When the first part is replaced? When the last part is replaced? When more than 50% of the parts have been replaced? Surely there’s some moment when it ceases to be the Ship of Theseus. And what about your body? You contain almost none of the same cells and atoms that you had when you were born. Are you still the same human being, though? Most people would agree that you are, despite being larger and more developed, because the thing that was you never ceased to exist.

2) The Lottery Ticket. Suppose you buy a lottery ticket. You hear on the evening news that 10 million tickets were sold, and that the winner will be drawn from the pool of tickets sold; in other words, there will be a winner.

And yet, you know that it is extremely improbable that you hold the winning ticket. You would be justified in believing that your ticket will not win.

You would also be justified in believing that your uncle Bill’s ticket will not win, and that your sister Wendy’s ticket will not win, and that your mailman Steve’s ticket will not win. In fact, for any ticket sold, you would be completely justified in believing that that ticket will not win.

Which means…you are justified in believing contradictory things: that no ticket will win, and that one ticket will win.

3) Ronald Opus. The sad, strange story of Ronald Opus was invented by Don Harper Mills to demonstrate how a homicide investigation can be twisted by subsequent developments to the case. I’m not sure if it counts as a paradox, per se, but it certainly presents an interesting legal quandary with no easy resolution.

The story goes like this: Ronald Opus turns up in the county morgue, having died of a shotgun blast to the head. Strangely enough, Opus was shot while falling from the top of a 10-story building; in fact, Opus had intended to commit suicide by leaping from the building, having left a note announcing his intentions. Neither the shooter nor Opus was aware that a safety net had been set up at the bottom of the building to protect window washers. Had Opus not been shot in the face by a shotgun, he most likely would have survived his fall.

If Opus intended to commit suicide and wound up dead, even if his death did not occur by the means he intended, then his death would have been ruled a suicide; however, the fact that Opus’s suicide attempt would have failed if not for the shotgun blast makes the coroner think that the case might be better labeled as homicide.

But wait…it gets stranger.

The shotgun blast came from a room on the 9th floor of the building, in which an elderly couple were having a spat. It was the old man’s habit to wave a shotgun at his wife when he was angry (dysfunctional much?) and in this instance, he was so enraged that his hands were shaking and he could not hold the gun steady. When he pulled the trigger, the pellets missed his wife, passed through the window, and struck Opus, who just happened to be falling past the window.

If the old man intended to kill his wife, but killed Ronald Opus instead, then he is culpable in the death of Opus. Homicide it is. But upon collecting the old man and the old woman’s statements, it becomes evident that neither the man nor his wife knew that the shotgun was loaded. Since the old man did not intend to murder the old woman, the discharge of the shotgun was an accident, as was the death of Ronald Opus.

Case closed? Not even remotely. A witness testifies that she saw the old man’s son loading the shotgun a few weeks earlier. The son was furious that the old woman had cut off financial support. Knowing his father’s bizarre tendency to threaten his mother with a shotgun, the son loaded the shotgun expecting that his mother would be shot and killed during the next marital spat. Now, the son becomes culpable in the death of Ronald Opus.

Perhaps you see where this is going. In a final twist worthy of M. Night Shayamalan, Ronald Opus decided to commit suicide because he was despondent about his failed attempt to cause his mother to be murdered by his father. Yes, the son who loaded the shotgun was none other than Ronald Opus himself.

Dun dun dunnnnnnnnn. The coroner labels the case a suicide.

Or is it?

[Hawken]

What opinion of yours would spark the most outrage in this day and age?

Answered by Mitchelle Steele for QUORA

I suspect that this answer may cause an outcry. I’m flinching a bit as I write it and bracing for the comments. Possibly I’m hiding.

I challenge one of the fundamental tenets of human rights.

I believe that some people should be stripped of the right to bear children. Parenthood is a privilege.

Why is it, that I live in a country where if you want to adopt a puppy, you have to submit to a background and household check to ensure that your property is fit for purpose[1]and that you’d be a responsible owner but if you want to have 10+ children without adequate income to support them or a safe and fit-for-purpose home environment, you can just go ahead and do that?[2]

If you abuse an animal in NZ and are found guilty, you can be forbidden from ever owning an animal again but you can be found guilty of horrific child abuse, neglect, child sexual assault and murder, you can still go on to have more children.

I read things like :Neglected 4-month-old baby boy found covered in maggots “died of diaper rash,” murder trial hears and I really have to question whether some people deserve to retain their reproductive rights. It’s not hard to find worse cases. They hit headlines around the world everyday.

We have multiple cases where piss-poor parents have their children removed due to neglect and horrific abuse, only to go on and have more children. The State takes them and places these poor little bastards in foster homes. I’d know. I was one of these statistics. Where are the checks and balances?

Some people will argue to continue to uphold the right to freely procreate even by those already proven to be unfit parents, but in my opinion, the faces of the children lost to terrible abuse argues differently:

Image - Faces of Innocents: Too many children are dying, are we about to break another promise?

I’m not advocating the wholesale sterilization of everyone that society deems ‘bad’. I don’t claim to know or have all the answers but I do think that we should be having a discussion on whether preventative measures might be better than more small graves.

It’s a fact that some people are not fit parental material. There should be some provision made to stop them from creating more statistics.

Footnotes

[1] Before you adopt a dog

[2] Big families mean big welfare dollars

 

[Txunamy]

5 hours ago, Hawken said:

What opinion of yours would spark the most outrage in this day and age?

Answered by Mitchelle Steele for QUORA

I suspect that this answer may cause an outcry. I’m flinching a bit as I write it and bracing for the comments. Possibly I’m hiding.

I challenge one of the fundamental tenets of human rights.

I believe that some people should be stripped of the right to bear children. Parenthood is a privilege.

Why is it, that I live in a country where if you want to adopt a puppy, you have to submit to a background and household check to ensure that your property is fit for purpose[1]and that you’d be a responsible owner but if you want to have 10+ children without adequate income to support them or a safe and fit-for-purpose home environment, you can just go ahead and do that?[2]

If you abuse an animal in NZ and are found guilty, you can be forbidden from ever owning an animal again but you can be found guilty of horrific child abuse, neglect, child sexual assault and murder, you can still go on to have more children.

I read things like :Neglected 4-month-old baby boy found covered in maggots “died of diaper rash,” murder trial hears and I really have to question whether some people deserve to retain their reproductive rights. It’s not hard to find worse cases. They hit headlines around the world everyday.

We have multiple cases where piss-poor parents have their children removed due to neglect and horrific abuse, only to go on and have more children. The State takes them and places these poor little bastards in foster homes. I’d know. I was one of these statistics. Where are the checks and balances?

Some people will argue to continue to uphold the right to freely procreate even by those already proven to be unfit parents, but in my opinion, the faces of the children lost to terrible abuse argues differently:

Image - Faces of Innocents: Too many children are dying, are we about to break another promise?

I’m not advocating the wholesale sterilization of everyone that society deems ‘bad’. I don’t claim to know or have all the answers but I do think that we should be having a discussion on whether preventative measures might be better than more small graves.

It’s a fact that some people are not fit parental material. There should be some provision made to stop them from creating more statistics.

Footnotes

[1] Before you adopt a dog

[2] Big families mean big welfare dollars

 

Wow.. Sadly true. Some people ain't fit To be parents.