Equal Rights for the ChildFREE!

[Scuby]

There's a rather effective solution i've found: go to a campus university! I've been here nearly 4 years, and apart from holidays I can go 10 weeks barely seeing any children. Unfortunately they can still be found in Tesco... generally in a squashed trail behind my trolley!

That said, you make an important point: its not generally the children I don't like, but the parents! Far too many of them don't even care about their own children, never mind the inconvenience they inflict on anyone else.

David

[Narked@50]

I understand what you are talking about, but most of this is nothing to do with the kids, it's usualy poor parents.

Having kids comes with certain responsibilities and restrictions, it can be a pain, but as long as people don't use it as a convienient excuse, then it should be given some tolerance - within reason. That is what I see your argument as - what is reasonable, but this has to be applied to everyone, children or not!. What happens at work when your wife needs to go to a hospital appointment and can't drive due to medication or similar? What happens if one of your parents is taken seriously ill while your at work? Should the people with children bitch about you leaving them in the lurch as you rush off to be the good samaritain? Come on Keith, get off your high horse and get into the real world, I'm sure the people you work with hate it when you bore then with two hours on how good a diver you are?

And what has any of this got to do with a dive forum? Looks to me like the pot calling the kettle black.

James

[SoggyFox]

Originally Posted by Narked@50

And what has any of this got to do with a dive forum? Looks to me like the pot calling the kettle black.

I ask myself the same thing quite often when reviewing the new posts.

[Prometheus]

possibly because it is in the YD non diving forum ?

[Richie]

........don't forget the little darlings will be contributing to your pension and changing your wee bags in a few years time.

It's called an investment in the future and no investment is without risk and potential pain

[ahar]

Originally Posted by Keith L

http://www.kiddingaside.net/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4600455.stm
http://www.childfreebychoice.com/
http://www.worldchildfree.org/

Keith L

Oh bugger off and go and potter around in your shed you grumpy old man

[ratcliffe]

Fantastic! Top rant, and the thing is, its completely true. I know exactly what you mean about the holidays at work thing, for the last 15 years I have worked over the Christmas period, partly because its easy life on those days and partly so the groin fruit lot could be at home with their kids. I needed a day off at short notice at the back end of last year, and would anyone do ANYTHING to accommodate me ? No, of course not, as you put it, little bratty has to be at football, (or was it leg-tagging at the Police Station?)
So have a green on me...

[Lou]

LOL - well said, Keith!!

If only having kids was more often a carefully considered decision rather than "it's what you do, innit?"...

Can you afford it?

Are you willing to change your life?

Do you have access to sufficient support?

Are you committed to parenting and educating the fruits of your loins?

Given yes to all the above, then great, fantastic, go for your life, but the number of folk if you ask them how they decided to start a family they look at you balnkly..

[SoggyFox]

Originally Posted by Lou

but the number of folk if you ask them how they decided to start a family they look at you balnkly..

from under a burberry hood or from between big gold hooped ear-rings.

bring on the parenting academy thats been talked about on the news this morning.(pmsl)

[smudger]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

I ask myself the same thing quite often when reviewing the new posts.

ON a diving point then!
When the little chav BRATS come over with all thier sweetie wrappers, chocolate coated fingers and animal hair all over them from the latest pets they are persecuting to death shoving thier grubby little hands all over your kit cause they dont know how to look without touching. Asking inane questions and not listening to the answers because they are only intrested in the sound of thier own voices. Then as soon as your back is turned throwing balls, stones etc around the car park even though there is enough space on the beach for them to do this without annoying anyone (though I doubt that would be much fun for them as they might be a bit far form thier games consel, where they are honing thier skills to be real delinquents playing games that teach them that its ok to steal and beat up grannies.) Then if you do say anything you get thier neanderthal pearents that have obviously shot what few remaining brain cells they had left staight out on the point of climax coming over defending their little cherubs, telling you that its not them but you who should be out of thier way as thier bastard offspring with dubios perantage should be able play anywhere they want they have rights you know! Then pull out the big guns their little johnny etc. has ADHT or some other modern day allergy/ affliction cause the blame culture means that it couldn't be thier fault! I'll remind you kids have rights ok?