I think that's too "facile" <the other facile, Marcos> an explanation
It may be a green parrot if you wish, but clearly, if the Catholic church had not influenced the population and its leaders for 500 years, the way they did, Latin America would not be in the caca that it is in today.
Indeed to this day they keep on feeding the populace with nothing more than voodoo.
Yes, no doubt the other countries and reasons you mentioned are valid, nevertheless in the specific case of Mexico, (and Lat Am), the Church has a long outstanding bill.
I forget who said it... but:
"We are born ignorant and some grow up to be stupid."
The church certainly assists in the growing up part.
Facile or not.
Against that background... yes, the people should educate themselves and not have babies that can not be, in turn educated, fed and maintained.
Babies are born in the U.S. to parents who are too immature, to unsettled, too insecure, too shallow, too immoral, too scared, too sick, etc. etc. to care for them.
Indeed, so how come there is no effective sexual education that drives the point to teenagers and/or these "parents" that you are talking about.
Mayor Marion Barry in D.C. once asked a welfare mom with 14 why she had so many kids that family services couldn't even find a house big enough for her family. She said it was her right and none of his business.
Her right my arse. One's rights end when they start infringing upon the rights of your neighbor.
Her inability to raise and sustain one child, let alone 14 children, infringe on my damned taxes. so YES I consider it my business. |
