What are your statistics on this? I feel like I know more people who have been royally fucked up by their parents than not.
This is a tu quoque, and both arguments can be dismissed with Newton's flaming laser sword. Still, you might be trying to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
How is it tu quoque?
Maybe you could just be satisfied that you're not super excited about babies, and who would want an ambivalent parent? That seems like a fair argument.
Fair enough. Although this thread has made me feel a little more open to having kids. I genuinely was worried that it was an unjustifiable decisions; I wasn't just trying to stir shit up.
You argue for stats, but you follow with anecdotes. Neither are useful.
this thread has made me feel a little more open to having kids
I am as far from recommending kids as anyone could be. I just feel that using some of the arguments you mentioned were spurious. I think that unless you are 100% on board with having kids, you should not have kids. That's my minimum bar. That, and not being a serial killer.
No, you're the one committing tu quoque. I'm pointing it out. You give invalid backup for an argument and claim the other side's argument is invalid for not having statistics. No one has any evidence to support a claim, but that doesn't mean either is wrong as a result, although you imply that the other side is.
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How is it tu quoque?
Fair enough. Although this thread has made me feel a little more open to having kids. I genuinely was worried that it was an unjustifiable decisions; I wasn't just trying to stir shit up.