One Child Policy

[Great Unclean One: VK]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy

Discuss.

Also, on paper, this would kinda solve overpopulation.

Now flame on how "OH, BUT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE 2 OR 3 KIDS! YOU CAN'T TELL ME HOW MUCH KIDS I CAN AND CAN'T HAVE!"

[Doomboi]

I like being an only child (unless you count my cousins that live 1-2 floors under our house)

[Cin]

Its the reason the Chinese have been ditching female children (in some places there 2 male children to every female child), the wealthy get around it anyhow. It may solve population issues, but then you have too few working aged people to support the older people.

[Sander]

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Also, on paper, this would kinda solve overpopulation.
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On paper, everything would solve problems. Are they pratical, sometimes, but mostly, not all of them. Like Yin said, the Chinese have a tradition called "son preference". I read it somewhere that there will be 30 million more men than women in 2020, potentially leading to social instability.

So yeah, the One-Child policy works, but it has it's own flaws.

[Catman25]

Heh, my Grandparents had 8 children. What now government?

Crap, the policy was introduced in the 70's. >_<

[Catterjune]

Fascinating.

What would you do for people who decide to hell with the laws and have more then one kid? How exactly do you enforce this law? Can't arrest the parents, because they provide for the family. Can't arrest the kids because... seriously. You could make them pay a fine, but what if they're poor and won't pay anyway? Or what if they need the money for their kids?

Haven't read upon the policy, so like... yeah.

[Marisa Kirisame-ze]

More kids means a bigger family.

More family, more fun. At least for me, my family is huge and spread across the world. It adds a large value to my life that even though we're so big and spread around, we're so close as well.

That policy leaves out that oppertunity.

But it is China after all, what can ya do.

If that was here in America, I can imagine all the thousands of people who will be crossing that law =\

[.Starrk]

Its china's choice really. Has this thread already been made?

[Grunt Issun]

On paper? yeah well guess what? On paper A giant wall around the entire border of mexico looks good too, but if you used it, it would be terrible

[poopybuttoxes]

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I like being an only child (unless you count my cousins that live 1-2 floors under our house)
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That made me lol.

Anyway, i think there should be a limit, but not like one or two. I would understand a limit at three with the same spouse, but what would be the punishment for breaking that law? I dont even wanna think about that.

[Mehmani]

They should up the fine so the rich can't get around it and lower the prices of contraceptive devices. It's a good law that works on everyone but the rich - the Conservatives would love it.

[JG.]

It's retarded.

[Techi☺]

My opinion about what I think you started this for:
This topic is terrible... You want us to Flame about it? Why?... I dont think I get what you started this for!

My opinin on that one-child thing...:
I believe that it sounds perfectly reasonable. I mean sure there is A TRILLION different little reasons for some body to hate on it. But the fact is, this only seems to be ineffect where there is a need for it. If we dont supply a reason for this to take effect here in america, Than there is nothing to worry about.

[Major Arcana - The Fool]

Just remember that you and your lover should control their own respective natural drive to create offspring if you agree with this thinking.
That is all I have to say.

[?someone?]

This reminds me of a book where a family's third child is treated with scorn. Most families only have one or two children because there is a "children tax", so families pay more when they have more children. Freaky.

[Supreme Gamesmaster]

*reads title*

Maybe?

On the one hand, overpopulation is a severe problem, and if limitations like this worked, I, for one, would welcome them.

On the other hand, if the rule is broken (and it inevitably is, because humans are instinctively stupid about things like this), the resulting discrimination against the "extra" is abhorrent and is probably enough to get the rule overturned. Also, no way to enforce it except maybe a big fine, so... no way to enforce it.

It's far more justified than most of China's laws ("No Code Geass! What do you mean, it's the biography of Sun Tzu? Still no Code Geass!"), but it's still a bad idea to implement anywhere else.

Ultimately, the end result is that people need to control their natural urges to reproduce for the good of society, and that it's their inability to do so that causes the problem.

*reads thread*
Oops, forgot about sexism. Well, yeah, if you have other worthless traditions mucking up the process, it doesn't work. Period.
[quote name='Major Arcana - The Fool' timestamp='1282861247' post='4568987']
Just remember that you and your lover should control their own respective natural drive to create offspring if you agree with this thinking.
That is all I have to say.
[/quote]Why, yes, yes you should. Actually, you and your lover should control your own respective natural drives to create offspring regardless. Was that supposed to be anti-OCP?

[Βyakuya]

So this flaw will help slow over-population? For the children, they may feel alone, but I don't know. they'd have to mess with birth control.

[.Starrk]

Thats why lesbians and gays adopt them.

[Catterjune]

Meh, the closest thing to a policy I could see would be a "license" to have a kid. Prove you and your spouse are competent, have enough money, have a loving home, etc etc.

You'd be allowed to have one kid, but rather then punishing the ones who screw with the law, you reward the ones who obey it. With their kid license, they'd be eligible for free education and presumably a tax cut or w/e. Those who have kids without licenses will have to pay (as in, money) for their schooling, as well as other things I haven't thought up yet.

The glaringly obvious problem is that it's an unending circle if you happen to be born on the wrong side of the tracks. Parents have you without a license because they're poor and uneducated. Because of that, you can't go to school and end up poor and uneducated. Eventually you marry but you can't get a license 'cause you're poor and uneducated. So, you have kids anyway, they end up poor and uneducated and etc etc.

Decent on paper, poor in practice. Though I do fully support a way to stem overpopulation.