Reposted from alt.poly

[firecat]

Apropos of a couple of discussions on wiscon lately I want to express the following, which I posted in alt.polyamory in a thread about said discussions:

Every time I try to describe my feelings about children it boils down to "Um...they are people." As with adults, I have all sorts of superficial thoughts about the ones I don't know - positive, neutral, suspicious, whatever, depending on my mood and their behavior in the moment - and I tend to like the ones I know, especially if they take an interest in me.

Also, I think that hate speech directed at any people is ugly.

For the record, I don't have or want children of my own.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You're right, the intended use of the term is the latter, but it gets used as well for people who try to be peacemakers (for example). I think the "dark forces" might be part of the key.

I've always had a lighter view of the universe, so I'm more on the side of the fluffy-bunny-from-their-perspective anyway, I suppose.

(I don't think there are dark forces in the universe; I think that it can be a useful way to think about things. "If you go into the wilderness, you might want to think about the dark spirit of the wild wanting to kill you, because otherwise you might do something not-smart-enough (as opposed to "something stupid") and end up dead.")

Kind of a digression, I suppose... but I'm tired this morning. (Well, "afternoon", now.)