Well, I could see myself saying the same thing and probably have.

Sometimes I like saying comments for shock value and sometimes I'm serious.

I've even been caught expressing annoyance because eugenics was thrown out after the Nazis, equating eugenics to the halocaust is bad logic.

Of course, I seem to lack the quality that has most humans tripping over their emotions, distracted and confused. Not to say I don't but, I don't get stuck there and certainly not long enough to reproduce!

I'm sorry you were bothered by this woman's comments and you're right, she probably was an ignorant person but, there are some truths to consider there...

I don't think anyone should be purposely having children and find the idea both distasteful and immoral but, in my own case bipolar definitely is another point to the not having children side in the tally and I don't even buy into the diagnosis, or at least I don't think the extremes are beyond "normal human experience". That I get to experience these extremes relatively frequently and seemingly at random teaches me how little meaning there is in it.

The "human condition" is horrid and this truth is too difficult for many to be aware of let alone accept. People distract themselves and sometimes choosing to have children is part of that. On some level I consider my "bipolar disorder" a natural result of being a thinking human.