Mar. 13, 2009 - Wish I had said it.
I read an article by a green advocate (Porritt) in the UK who blasts as irresponsible those families who have more than two children. Bad for the environment. Bad bad bad. Selfish.
This is somewhat akin to a home educator saying those who drive their kids to and fro to school daily are environmentally irresponsible because of the car lines formed each day. I present as evidence my local elementary school with cars lined up 30-45 minutes before the bell, engines on to keep the waiting occupants warm. No house feeding into the school lies more than one mile away and the vast majority lie within half a mile of our neighborhood elementary.
But that would be bitter and divisive to point out, so I would never say that.
I laughed outloud at this comment, though, offered by one reader of the BBC online article:
I have three children. I feel it is my duty to attempt to repopulate the World with intelligent individuals in an attempt to offset Mr Porritt's stupidity. Idiocy-offsetting, kind of like carbon offsetting, just a little more immediate.
Kirstine Berry, Bracknell
Hats off to Ms. Berry!
Blessings, Holly
