Human Extinction and Me

We all know there's a lot a crazy, creepy people out there, and yet, somehow we continue to be shocked by some of the things they do. This leads me to the conclusion that people are getting crazier and creepier. Case in point: http://www.vhemt.org

A couple years ago, I bought a t-shirt from a vintage clothing shop that said "Thank you for not breeding". I thought it would be funny to give to someone as a gift, though I subsequently forgot all about it. Then I stumbled upon this site, and now I'm glad I never gave it to a friend, because I would never want to impose this idea on someone (even though it would have been completely unintentional.) I guess if you read through the website, they're not advocating genocide or anything (emphasis on voluntary), so they're not creepy in a Nazi way, but still... I mean there are at least 4 people who care enough about this to get the logo tattooed on their bodies. I'm all for a healthier planet, and while this is a viable solution, think of everything we would lose.

That said, I don't think I'd ever really want kids, but not for any of the reasons they give. Looks like the torch has been passed to my younger brother to carry on the family name, because my older brother certainly ain't gonna knock anyone up. Umm, don't tell my parents about this. My mom would flip out seeing as I've forsaken everything she's given me... well not everything, but some things that are very important to her [her religion and her family name]. Rather than hyphenate my last name (which would have made it unbearably long), my parents used my mother's maiden name as my second middle name. Although it's on my birth certificate, I never use it; and this makes her sad. I've think I've already touched on how I've forsaken my religion in a previous post, but I don't really want to delve any further into that for fear of opening up a big-ass can of worms. I have my reasons, and they are even written down on paper somewhere, but nobody is allowed to read it.