Comments on: No Prizes For Being Childfree - Are You Kidding? http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/ The Interests of a Childfree Brit Living in Toronto Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:48:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Athena http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8892 Athena Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:15:56 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8892 EW! That's hideous!! Hmm way I see it if they can't afford to buy their own appliances they sure can't afford to raise a child! EW! That’s hideous!!
Hmm way I see it if they can’t afford to buy their own appliances they sure can’t afford to raise a child!

]]> By: strawberry muffin http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8156 strawberry muffin Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:19:50 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8156 My understanding of Russia's population problem is that the death rate is too high, not the birth rate is too low. What they need to do is stop assassinating dissidents <strike>(Litvinenko)</strike>, end the war in Chechnya, reduce the drug abuse rate, crack down on the mob and improve healthcare. Keep more people alive rather than bring more children into that miserable mess that is Russia. My understanding of Russia’s population problem is that the death rate is too high, not the birth rate is too low. What they need to do is stop assassinating dissidents (Litvinenko), end the war in Chechnya, reduce the drug abuse rate, crack down on the mob and improve healthcare. Keep more people alive rather than bring more children into that miserable mess that is Russia.

]]> By: Britgirl http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8134 Britgirl Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:37:55 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8134 Dave - Heh - a reality show. Yes I can see that. It would be completely tacky and crass of course. With phone lines for the usual phone in. It could be called "The Patriots!" Or Patriot Island...or Russia's Next Top Breeder ... or Big Patriot.... or - Wacky Breeder Sex Camp like Feh says... OK I'd better stop. Anne-Marie... beats me ;) But then I don't think this makes any sense to sane people. Merc - ""Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp’s mass wedding. “They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia”. I could hardly believe I was reading that correctly. And then I fell about laughing. It's beyond stupid. But thanks for sharing that article and link. Remember the mammoths! Lurking CF Guy... I'll have a look at that link. Thanks for sharing it. Dave - Heh - a reality show. Yes I can see that. It would be completely tacky and crass of course. With phone lines for the usual phone in.

It could be called “The Patriots!” Or Patriot Island…or Russia’s Next Top Breeder … or Big Patriot…. or - Wacky Breeder Sex Camp like Feh says… OK I’d better stop.

Anne-Marie… beats me ;) But then I don’t think this makes any sense to sane people.

Merc - “”Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp’s mass wedding. “They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia”.

I could hardly believe I was reading that correctly. And then I fell about laughing. It’s beyond stupid. But thanks for sharing that article and link.

Remember the mammoths!

Lurking CF Guy… I’ll have a look at that link. Thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: mercurior http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8107 mercurior Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:06:26 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8107 ah but that will let the weak breed, only the uber mensch will breed and the next generation will be faster and stronger super men and women. (sarcasm off) ah but that will let the weak breed, only the uber mensch will breed and the next generation will be faster and stronger super men and women.

(sarcasm off)

]]> By: Feh http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8105 Feh Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:44:15 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8105 Next week on "Wacky Breeder Sex Camp".... Seriously, Russia can't even control HIV, STD or TB transmission. I think they probably should figure that out before they start encouraging folks to have procreative sex. Next week on “Wacky Breeder Sex Camp”….

Seriously, Russia can’t even control HIV, STD or TB transmission. I think they probably should figure that out before they start encouraging folks to have procreative sex.

]]> By: Lurking CF Guy http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8094 Lurking CF Guy Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:40:49 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8094 This is interesting... I guess governments are actually collecting stats on the CF choice. http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/pdf/social/childfree.pdf This is interesting… I guess governments are actually collecting stats on the CF choice.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/pdf/social/childfree.pdf

]]> By: Dave http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8077 Dave Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:37:04 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8077 I can see a reality TV program coming on, nothing the russians do surprises me. I can see a reality TV program coming on, nothing the russians do surprises me.

]]> By: Jan http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8042 Jan Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:19:26 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8042 This is all too distasteful, I have no words. Prizes?! Cash incentives?! "Procreation Day"?! too much to process, must allow thoughts to settle before further commenting. :shock: This is all too distasteful, I have no words. Prizes?! Cash incentives?! “Procreation Day”?! too much to process, must allow thoughts to settle before further commenting. :shock:

]]> By: Anne-Marie http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8037 Anne-Marie Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:11:33 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8037 Oy. I know the population is falling in Russia, but making more babies is not the solution to that problem. I will never understand how people are lulled by financial incentives to have children by governments who want to reverse the low birth rate or to boost the general population. How can anyone possibly believe that winning a washing machine, or increasing a baby bonus or even a welfare cheque is even going to be close to compensating for the massive expense of having and caring for a child? Is basic math that difficult? -AM Oy. I know the population is falling in Russia, but making more babies is not the solution to that problem.

I will never understand how people are lulled by financial incentives to have children by governments who want to reverse the low birth rate or to boost the general population. How can anyone possibly believe that winning a washing machine, or increasing a baby bonus or even a welfare cheque is even going to be close to compensating for the massive expense of having and caring for a child? Is basic math that difficult?

-AM

]]> By: mercurior http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8030 mercurior Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:52:17 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/2007/08/16/no-prizes-for-being-childfree-are-you-kidding/#comment-8030 it gets worse in russia, theres the nashi, who have breeding camps, love hotels so the "PURE" russians can breed the loyal following, how this for progress, it reminds me of lebensborn (The Lebensborn e. V. (eingetragener Verein, "registered association") was founded on December 12, 1935, in part as a response to declining birth rates in Germany. Located in Munich, the organization was partly an office within the Schutzstaffel (SS) and responsible for certain family welfare programs, and partly a society for Nazi leaders. The purpose of the program was to provide incentives to encourage Germans, especially SS members, to have more children) Last July, its two-week training program in a camp 200 miles outside Moscow, attended by 10,000 young men and women carefully screened for ideological fitness, It promotes conservative social values and healthy lifestyles, condemning such scourges as draft evasion, drinking, smoking, birth control, and abortion. Its leaders speak of "freedom" as essential to the Russian people -- but what they mean is freedom from outside interference and infringements on Russia's sovereignty. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471324&in_page_id=1770 Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp's mass wedding. "They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia". <b>Obediently, couples move to a special section of dormitory tents arranged in a heart-shape and called the Love Oasis, where they can start procreating for the motherland. </b> Attendance is monitored via compulsory electronic badges and anyone who misses three events is expelled. So are drinkers; alcohol is banned. But sex is encouraged, and condoms are nowhere on sale. <b>Bizarrely, young women are encouraged to hand in thongs and other skimpy underwear - supposedly a cause of sterility - and given more wholesome and substantial undergarments.</B> ]]>