The US must be so proud to be in this group!

[Sean]

For instance, the U.S. is one of four nations that do not guarantee paid time-off to new mothers; the other countries that similarly provide no guarantee are Liberia, Papua New Guinea, and Swaziland.

http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_864.html

 

[koalabear]

If the government knocked them up it should pay!!!

 

[pete]

since when has "let's be just like everybody else!" been america's motto?

 

[chillywilly2]

Jenn is heading that up I would guess

 

[JohnnySavage]

It's better than our peer group for rate of executions.

 

[Byron In Exile]

since when has "let's be just like everybody else!" been america's motto?

That's generally the motto of Europe.

But the UK seems to be having a little trouble converting to the Euro.

 

[Sean]

since when has "let's be just like everybody else!" been america's motto?

Yeah, civilised norms are such a terrible idea...

It's better than our peer group for rate of executions.

Yeah, there's another list you don't want to be on.

 

[pete]

That's generally the motto of Europe.

But the UK seems to be having a little trouble converting to the Euro.

do you live in england now, byron?
or did you previously?

 

[islandman]

Yes, we are rather backwards when it comes to women's rights and women's reproductive rights.

 

[Squibbs]

America is a big shit hole, like the others on the list.

Hopefully Iran nukes them.

 

[koalabear]

The TS obviously passed out during slobdownsouth's lectures on personal responsibility.

 

[Sean]

Yes, we are rather backwards when it comes to women's rights and women's reproductive rights.

This particular issue, though, should be something championed by the "family values" party, surely? Unless it costs a few dollars, obviously. $$$>family.

 

[islandman]

This particular issue, though, should be something championed by the "family values" party, surely? Unless it costs a few dollars, obviously. $$$>family.

It's our Puritan roots peeking through, i.e., "we told you not to fornicate, but you did and now you must have the baby. Oh, and now it's your responsibility alone, cause you were so sinful in the first place."

 

[koalabear]

This particular issue, though, should be something championed by the "family values" party, surely? Unless it costs a few dollars, obviously. $$$>family.

It is, the family should pay.

 

[Adre]

I'm not convinced that employers should be forced to subsidize someone's choice to have a child.

 

[islandman]

It is, the family should pay.

See?

Punishment for having a baby outside the bounds of "a family".




Thanks for the lay-up.

 

[Byron In Exile]

do you live in england now, byron?
or did you previously?

The farthest east I've ever been is Wichita, Kansas.

 

[Byron In Exile]

America is a big shit hole, like the others on the list.

Hopefully Iran nukes them.

Once they manage to assemble an atomic bomb, they can assemble 5,000 jihadists to hurl it across the Atlantic.

 

[koalabear]

See?

Punishment for having a baby outside the bounds of "a family".




Thanks for the lay-up.

I knew you couldn't make the foul shot.

 

[Liar]

It's our Puritan roots peeking through, i.e., "we told you not to fornicate, but you did and now you must have the baby. Oh, and now it's your responsibility alone, cause you were so sinful in the first place."

I thought you were supposed to fornicate within the heterosexual-married-couple unit? Multiply for Jesus, and all that jazz.

 

[islandman]

I thought you were supposed to fornicate within the heterosexual-married-couple unit? Multiply for Jesus, and all that jazz.

For procreation purposes only, not for pleasure. And since babies cost money, it's a financial dis-incentive to fornicate for pleasure.

 

[koalabear]

I thought you were supposed to fornicate within the heterosexual-married-couple unit? Multiply for Jesus, and all that jazz.

Unless you are catholic, then you can fuck anything as long as you run the beads.

 

[Liar]

Once they manage to assemble an atomic bomb, they can assemble 5,000 jihadists to hurl it across the Atlantic.

Because without the atomic bomb, there is nothing dangerous at all that they could possibly hurl.

 

[garbage can]

It's our Puritan roots peeking through, i.e., "we told you not to fornicate, but you did and now you must have the baby. Oh, and now it's your responsibility alone, cause you were so sinful in the first place."

Whose responsibility should it be?

 

[islandman]

Because without the atomic bomb, there is nothing dangerous at all that they could possibly hurl.

It would be funny if they hurled the 5,001th jihadist.