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LL  
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(3 users)  More options Oct 15 2007, 10:12 pm
From: LL <llp...@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:12:44 -0700
Local: Mon, Oct 15 2007 10:12 pm
Subject: The Duggar Family
What do you think of the Duggar family? They've been the subjects of a
series on the Discovery Channel. they have 17, 18 or 19 children (they
keep having them, so it's hard to keep up). I'd like to hear from
atheists and Christians. Just curious.

Here are some websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bob_Duggar

http://health.discovery.com/convergence/duggars/duggarfamily.html

Also see this site for another view:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/10/...


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OldMan  
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From: OldMan <edjarr...@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:32:07 -0700
Local: Mon, Oct 15 2007 10:32 pm
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
On Oct 15, 7:12 pm, LL <llp...@aol.com> wrote:

> What do you think of the Duggar family? They've been the subjects of a
> series on the Discovery Channel. they have 17, 18 or 19 children (they
> keep having them, so it's hard to keep up). I'd like to hear from
> atheists and Christians. Just curious.

I think they're crazy, not to mention irresponsible.

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Dave  
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(5 users)  More options Oct 15 2007, 10:35 pm
From: Dave <dvor...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:35:03 -0700
Local: Mon, Oct 15 2007 10:35 pm
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
On Oct 15, 7:12 pm, LL <llp...@aol.com> wrote:

> What do you think of the Duggar family?

They should be sterilized.... all of them. Then they can adopt.

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(3 users)  More options Oct 15 2007, 11:06 pm
From: "Timothy 1:4" <canfanor...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:06:21 -0700
Local: Mon, Oct 15 2007 11:06 pm
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
Counting on God for your family planning is wrong-headed foolishness.
Although some unlucky people want kids and can't conceive them, the
average couple without control will have enough kids to ruin lives
(their own, or some of the kids).

Given that overpopulation is at the root of all our environmental
ills, this is wrong-headedness that the world can ill afford.

I hope the Duggars will work out all right - they seem to have enough
money, and that's a start - but I hope it won't become a family
tradition and I hope no one follows their example.

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Sirius  
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(3 users)  More options Oct 15 2007, 11:34 pm
From: Sirius <kati...@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:34:32 -0700
Local: Mon, Oct 15 2007 11:34 pm
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
It is their decision and we don't need to be judging them for it or
call them crazy or irresponsible.  We were made so that we can have as
many children as we can so who are we to say what is the limit.
Although it does seem unusual and perhaps taboo but that is all up to
them and no one else

Interesting subject tho, i never heard about them before 5/5

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Dave  
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From: Dave <dvor...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:43:10 -0700
Local: Mon, Oct 15 2007 11:43 pm
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
On Oct 15, 8:34 pm, Sirius <kati...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It is their decision and we don't need to be judging them for it or
> call them crazy or irresponsible.

It would be irresponsible to NOT judge, and condemn, them.

> We were made so that we can have as
> many children as we can so who are we to say what is the limit.

Those of us that care about future generations are the ones that get a
say in the matter.

> Although it does seem unusual and perhaps taboo but that is all up to
> them and no one else

No, it is up to our society.

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(3 users)  More options Oct 15 2007, 11:52 pm
From: Simpleton <hu...@whoever.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:52:39 -0000
Local: Mon, Oct 15 2007 11:52 pm
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family

On Oct 15, 7:12 pm, LL <llp...@aol.com> wrote:

> What do you think of the Duggar family? They've been the subjects of a
> series on the Discovery Channel. they have 17, 18 or 19 children (they
> keep having them, so it's hard to keep up). I'd like to hear from
> atheists and Christians. Just curious.

> Here are some websites:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bob_Duggar

> http://health.discovery.com/convergence/duggars/duggarfamily.html

> Also see this site for another view:

> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/10/...

We discussed this a while ago in AvC.

As long as the Duggars can take care of their own kids, and get no
special favors from the government, it is their right to spawn as many
Duggars as they want.  I see no basis for this *not* to be the case.

There are much worse parents with just one kid, and the Duggars do not
seem to be ill-treating theirs, so it is really none of our business.

We can of course make fun of them, if we like.


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From: Jake <jake3...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:54:46 -0000
Local: Mon, Oct 15 2007 11:54 pm
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
We've had this discussion before, and it boiled down to freedom to
have kids and not be forced to adopt, or the forced social
responsibility of limiting family size and adoption. I personally
favor the latter, but it is a tough decision, because telling anyone
that they can't do something like that *IS* a violation of freedom.

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(2 users)  More options Oct 16 2007, 12:06 am
From: "Timothy 1:4" <canfanor...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:06:05 -0700
Local: Tues, Oct 16 2007 12:06 am
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
On Oct 15, 11:54 pm, Jake <jake3...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We've had this discussion before, and it boiled down to freedom to
> have kids and not be forced to adopt, or the forced social
> responsibility of limiting family size and adoption. I personally
> favor the latter, but it is a tough decision, because telling anyone
> that they can't do something like that *IS* a violation of freedom.

It is a tough decision and at least a *limitation* of freedom, and one
that this continent is not ready to adopt.

Unfortunately, overpopulation is a huge problem. To the point that
I've yet to see a population control law that I couldn't support, and
we've seen some dillies around the globe. Like mandatory sterilization
after the 3rd kid, though they had to repeal it.

It has to end somewhere. If we don't get pop growth under voluntary
control, it's just a question of how much irreparable damage we do and
how many species we bring down with us before the dieback begins.


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(3 users)  More options Oct 16 2007, 12:21 am
From: Simpleton <hu...@whoever.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:21:03 -0000
Local: Tues, Oct 16 2007 12:21 am
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family

On Oct 15, 9:06 pm, "Timothy 1:4" <canfanor...@gmail.com> wrote:

The US Constitution guarantees that that individuals retain all rights
that are not legislated by the federal and state governments in
accordance with the Constitution.

Reproductive rights are such rights.

Further, this is about individual rights.  You cannot legislate rights
for just one family or one person - it is not constitutional.  Yes,
Congress tried to do this shamefully for Terri Schiavo, and it was
unconstitutional then.

The Duggars are one extreme example of large families -- families with
4 or 5 kids are not that uncommon, and if you legislate, at what point
do you draw the boundaries?

Yup, they use more of the natural resources than a family of three,
but why single them out?  Every family that owns a gas guzzler or a
bigger house than they really "need" is guilty of the same.

Overpopulation is not a problem in the US.  Will it be in the future?
Not in the near future AFAICT. It'll be someday if technological
advances stall, but the Duggars are hardly the cause.

So what's the problem?

That they are doing it because they are religious?  They have the
First Amendment that allows them to believe what they want.

That they are irresponsible to society?  How? They are not on welfare,
nor are they asking us to foot any bills.

Is overconsumption of resources bad?  Yes, but why single them out?

Do the rich in this country "deserve" to have four and five homes some
spanning hundreds of acres when there are homeless?

Should people be burning fossil fuel by driving their own car to work
everyday?

Should people be able to afford basic healthcare?  An education?

These are all social issues that need to be dealt far more urgently
than how many times Mr. and Mrs. Duggar make whoopee.

They are not violating any law, just spawning like rabbits.

Education -- that's the way to teach people to be far-thinking -- you
cannot legislate this.


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Jake  
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(1 user)  More options Oct 16 2007, 12:34 am
From: Jake <jake3...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:34:44 -0000
Local: Tues, Oct 16 2007 12:34 am
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
You make good points, Simpleton, however, overpopulation is a problem
in the US. Sure, we don't live in crowded slums, but when do you
define overpopulated? Consider that 1 American will, on average, use
30 times the amount of resources as a single person in an
underdeveloped country such as Nepal or Nigeria. I define
overpopulation as when a society uses too many resources to sustain
itself, not when the living gets crowded, and unless we can turn
ourselves around we will be in a position where resources are
definitely difficult to come by.

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Keith MacNevins  
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(3 users)  More options Oct 16 2007, 1:18 am
From: "Keith MacNevins" <kmacnev...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:18:22 -0500
Local: Tues, Oct 16 2007 1:18 am
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
Three words: Get a life.

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Simpleton  
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(1 user)  More options Oct 16 2007, 1:30 am
From: Simpleton <hu...@whoever.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:30:49 -0000
Local: Tues, Oct 16 2007 1:30 am
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family

On Oct 15, 9:34 pm, Jake <jake3...@gmail.com> wrote:

> You make good points, Simpleton, however, overpopulation is a problem
> in the US. Sure, we don't live in crowded slums, but when do you
> define overpopulated?

This is now OT, but I'll respond anyway.  Once.

The US is not overpopulated IMO -- there are plenty of inhabitable
areas.  India and Nigeria are two examples of what I would consider
overpopulated.

The US growth rate is lower than the World growth rate too.

> Consider that 1 American will, on average, use
> 30 times the amount of resources as a single person in an
> underdeveloped country such as Nepal or Nigeria.

Nigeria has doubled its population from 70 million to about 140
million in the last 15 or so years!

So what is it that you would have the US do about restoring the
balance (just with Nigeria), and why?

I am all for us not wasting resources, and doing everything we can to
prolong the depletion of our natural resources (or the world's) so
that science and technology gets that much more time to innovate so
that current and future populations enjoy their lives at least as much
as we do, so what exactly would you have the US do?

I get the live simply so that other may simply live part, and I'm all
for it -- I try hard for my part, encourage my friends and family to
do so as well, I try to educate who I can to do so likewise, but
beyond that what is it that you want the US to specifically do?

Hypothetically, if you took the resources of the world, and divided it
equally among every inhabitant, you'd have theoretically levelled the
playing field.

What happens after that?

What will you do with the immediate imbalance that would follow with
uneven population growths?

We certainly cannot go by basing resource consumption on the
population, because that would be tantamount to rewarding bigger
families.  Why should India get a larger share of the scant resources
than say Canada or Australia?

The US gets (deservedly) a bad rap for its intrusive wars, and we
should end that.

But beyond that we owe no more to the rest of the world than a citizen
owes to his neighbors.  They do not follow our laws, and we do not
follow theirs.  At that point mutual cooperation is what we aim for.
We trade our assets, ingenuity, goods, services, know-how, for
theirs.

For mutual benefit.  That's about it.

> I define
> overpopulation as when a society uses too many resources to sustain
> itself,

well, the US citizen uses more resources than an Indian one. but the
US is not overpopulated, because the US citizen still does not need
more than he can get.  Not so with an Indian citizen. That might be a
better way to distinguish that.

> not when the living gets crowded, and unless we can turn
> ourselves around we will be in a position where resources are
> definitely difficult to come by.

Yup, and education is the main way out of it, in my opinion.


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LL  
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From: LL <llp...@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:41:34 -0700
Local: Tues, Oct 16 2007 1:41 am
Subject: Re: The Duggar Family

On Oct 15, 8:34 pm, Sirius <kati...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It is their decision and we don't need to be judging them for it or
> call them crazy or irresponsible.  We were made so that we can have as
> many children as we can so who are we to say what is the limit.
> Although it does seem unusual and perhaps taboo but that is all up to
> them and no one else

LL: Actually, it does matter to others. Large families take up more
resources than small ones, and there is a finite supply of resources.
We haven't reached the critical state, yet, but China felt that it
had, so they put draconian limits on population in place because they
thought the country could not support the growing increases in
population. They were not wrong in their analysis, IMO.

The Duggars don't take welfare, it's true, but they do take a toll on
finite resources. If your own children were deprived in order to
support such large families, would you have the same hands off
attitude? Not everything is obvious on the surface.

I, too, don't like the idea of government telling people how many
children to have, but what would happen if the world did become too
populated to function properly--to feed, clothe and shelter everyone?
It's already be happening. We see the effects in 3rd World countries.
We generally just prefer not to notice. It's the "I'm alright Jack"
syndrome.


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trog69  
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From: trog69 <tom.tro...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:12:50 -0000
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
, but what would happen if the world did become too
populated to function properly--to feed, clothe and shelter
everyone?

"And for you, Madam?"

"I'll just have a nice Soylent Green salad."

"Very good."

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From: bonfly <anub...@aapt.net.au>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:30:22 -0700
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
Keith:
"Three words: Get a life."

... that's at least 5 Keith.

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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:53:49 -0700
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family

On Oct 15, 9:43 pm, Dave <dvor...@gmail.com> wrote:

And there is no law about that yet so it is up to them.

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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:59:06 -0700
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family

On Oct 15, 10:21 pm, Simpleton <hu...@whoever.com> wrote:

Since we can't waste resources we should sterilize all the poor
people.

Out of control snowball, look out!


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From: watts <watts....@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:46:54 -0000
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
law is a subset of morality, not the other way around.  Adultery is
not illegal, but people judge on that as well.  Similarly with lying.

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From: trance gemini <kitty.hun...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:57:45 -0000
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
In my opinion, the State needs to stay out of the bedrooms of the
nation.

Nothing wrong with advocating social responsibility, and those
socially responsible will be make the right decisions, and those who
aren't won't.

But we as a society have no right, in my opinion,  to dictate to
people how many children they should have.

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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:55:33 -0700
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
your post reeks or cruel and unusual

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From: Sirius <sirius19...@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:56:46 -0700
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
"get a life" is 5 words? lol you must be a theist

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Dev  
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From: Dev <thedevil...@fastmail.fm>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:02:08 -0700
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
And look at the source. Evidently making bullshit posts is a better
expenditure of time than making reasoned ones according to Queef
MacNevermind.

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Sirius  
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From: Sirius <sirius19...@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:10:21 -0700
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
yup i agree, but hey if you can't contradict them with anything valid
why not mock and make fun right....wow someone needs to grow up

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From: "Keith MacNevins" <kmacnev...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:12:58 -0500
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Subject: Re: The Duggar Family
Gnat!

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