Quote Originally Posted by cait sith
I'm the last of 5 kids. Just my dad worked and it was a low paying job. We were really poor. The average household had just 2 kids, so I was very much an extra. I probably should have been aborted by the logic that if you're poor you shouldn't have children to bring them into a world poor.

But you know what, things are better now. I've always been glad that I'm alive and not dead. I'm sure I'm not the only one with this this sort of history.
I don't think people mean poor as in not having a lot of money, I think they mean actually so poor they cannot bring up a child with enough neccesities such as food and clean water. I mean, given the choice, would you rather live a long, miserbale life filled with suffering and poverty, or be killed, or destroyed before you had the chance to know what a horrible life you may lead.
Just so you know, this isn't directly aimed at you, I think you make a good point, I'm just saying that to help prove my point a little bit.