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I enjoyed reading the responses to the OP on this thread. I don't feel the need to add anything to the general 'choose life!' message, firmly delivere...
August 06, 2022 at 12:28
Think of all the cool stuff that might happen, that you will miss if your not around. Maybe we will be visited by aliens, maybe Donald Trump will conv...
August 05, 2022 at 14:37
I think we could get to Proxima and Barnard's star etc by making 'stepping stone stations' along the way. Might take a while though!
July 17, 2022 at 20:39
Only sci fi offers solutions to interstellar or intergalactic travel. Wormholes/space warping(folding),subspace/hyperspace/stargates etc. We are on ou...
July 17, 2022 at 20:38
Some issues are more important than others as are some choices. Universal AN as @"DA671" labels it would END OUR SPECIES! so it does not compare with ...
July 17, 2022 at 20:14
As has been stated many many times. Humans are social creatures. As @"Isaac" keeps pointing out, WE CREATE COMMUNITIES! It's what we do. Species that ...
July 17, 2022 at 20:07
It becomes clear how the antinatalist viewpoint allows them to excuse themselves from any responsibility for their maintenance of human suffrage due t...
July 17, 2022 at 16:37
Those who advocate non-interference cannot then argue against others choosing to reproduce and not be called a hypocrite.
July 17, 2022 at 15:55
So you willingly leave yourself open to accusations of cowardice? Should the world have stood by and not interfered with the Nazi plans for all people...
July 17, 2022 at 14:50
So you see an innocent getting attacked and you take no action? Inaction may not cause the harm but it can help maintain it. Just like no reproduction...
July 17, 2022 at 14:39
Yes I am. The fact that the human population of the Earth has been increasing since the days of the first Homo Sapiens is proof enough for me. How did...
July 17, 2022 at 14:29
I think we can safely say that you and I stand united in our opposition to antinatalists and we probably represent an overwhelming global majority. If...
July 17, 2022 at 14:12
And your solution to this concern; is to advocate for the extinction of your species through their global consent. is this correct? That's your soluti...
July 17, 2022 at 14:07
Does life just scare you? Are you afraid of coming to harm? Do you spend your days afraid of all the bad things that might happen to you or those you ...
July 17, 2022 at 13:52
There is a rather harsh Darwinian theory that those who do not or can no longer reproduce become less important to 'nature.' Almost like the old lion ...
July 17, 2022 at 13:49
Absolutely! Perhaps we can also prevent the 'sacrificial lamb' type shortfalls or any 1 sufferer out of every 10. No people means 10 out of every 10 c...
July 17, 2022 at 13:31
UNITED, we stand!
July 17, 2022 at 13:22
I think the void you describe should now be awarded a new welcome mat with the words 'All antinatalists welcome here. Nonexistance available here, for...
July 17, 2022 at 13:20
And no formation of antinatalists will ever stop the inevitable movement of the human race towards a fairer global socio/political system. Remember wh...
July 17, 2022 at 12:59
:clap: and in reducing 'undeserved harms,' by employing better politics and by establishing powerful checks and balances which will prevent the nefari...
July 17, 2022 at 12:49
Even if the vast majority at your party are having a great time? The pessimist! A hundred joys just cant compete with a single :sad: I am glad I don't...
July 17, 2022 at 12:40
Live, progress and continue the fight against viewpoints such as antinatalism and the narcissism of the very few. Edit: Oh, I forgot to include 'and k...
July 17, 2022 at 12:38
I don't recall suggesting it does. All people should be able to take the basic means of survival for granted as all people should be equally valued. T...
July 17, 2022 at 12:26
The whole of human society has responsibility for the well-being of all children and all people for that matter, not just parents. We need to remove t...
July 17, 2022 at 12:05
Better to play pinata. Swinging a big club blindfolded can cause harm but the intelligent pinata player can prod with the bat quite softly until they ...
July 17, 2022 at 10:34
No people, then no progress, no purpose, no new knowledge, no learning, no great new scientists/politicians/writers/Imagineers/entertainers/good decen...
July 17, 2022 at 10:22
:clap: :clap: :clap:
July 17, 2022 at 09:54
:up: I'm away to have a nice night of alcohol, fun, joy, happiness and good banter with friends. There will be a little suffering as well tomorrow mor...
July 15, 2022 at 15:39
In other words you, like me and most rational people think that the antinatalist solution is not only wrong, it is utter nonsense and ridiculous and v...
July 15, 2022 at 14:47
Of course it is, The question would become what is the purpose of the universe without lifeforms that can ask questions? All the antinatalist will res...
July 15, 2022 at 14:39
Btw, I forgot to mention that a void is something not nothing you cannot infer such as 'impersonally bad' if there is nothing. You cant even label 'no...
July 15, 2022 at 14:25
A bigger hamster wheel for the AN crew could be good for them. More space for the runners and each rotation would take longer and keep them too busy t...
July 15, 2022 at 14:18
We and the likes of us will always be here to welcome the newborns and do our best to help nurture and protect them while we watch the antinatalists r...
July 15, 2022 at 14:06
I would suggest that is down to your ability to be generally logical and pragmatic rather than originating from your support of responsible procreatio...
July 15, 2022 at 13:55
I see this more as his last hope. If he cant maintain at least that then he's a gonner!
July 15, 2022 at 13:44
This is not sports, this is not a ball game! You follow the antinatalists into their nonexistance if you wish, I for one will not go down that rabbit ...
July 15, 2022 at 13:38
:strong: :smile: :up:
July 15, 2022 at 10:56
:up: Even as an atheist, I respected and greatly valued the non-violent civil disobedience approach of the Mahatma. But the Nazis would have slaughter...
July 15, 2022 at 10:41
Humility has its place as long as you don't become a carpet that the nasties can just walk all over. I hope that beneath all that humility you have a ...
July 15, 2022 at 10:24
I agree, it's possible!
July 15, 2022 at 10:19
Yeah, you can get many examples of people who will only go so far with their dodgy ideas and no further, especially when they see the more extreme exa...
July 15, 2022 at 10:17
Yeah, in the same way as Donald Trump genuinely seemed to care about his followers. :lol:
July 15, 2022 at 10:10
What people say and what they feel inside can be very different. The antinatalists in the video clips you provided hate themselves and everyone else. ...
July 15, 2022 at 10:07
I know that. That's because you are one of life's celebrants and you are not a miserable misanthrope like the antinatalist is.
July 15, 2022 at 09:52
The antinatalists are happy running around their hamster wheels. Let them run, don't engage their panto responses of 'oh yes it is.' The oh no it isn'...
July 15, 2022 at 08:13
If all life was ended in the universe then we would simply be back to an earlier time in the past 13.8 billion years. Life then happened, we dont know...
July 14, 2022 at 20:36
Absafragginlootly SPOT ON!!!! Pure Trumpism!
July 14, 2022 at 20:17
I can only agree. The antinatalists on this thread try to preach like fundamentalists or evanhellical theists. Their approach is pure Trumpism, in my ...
July 14, 2022 at 20:10