Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Suffering Examined

Given that the concept of suffering is so significant in antinatalism, I think it's important to go into greater detail on its nature.  Suffering amounts to any unpleasant experience a sentient being has in their life, ranging from the easily tolerable to horrifically unpleasant.  And for the antinatalist suffering is a bad thing, and imposing any level of suffering as a result of procreation (with the constant vulnerability to immense suffering) is wrong to do.

Suffering comes in many forms, including:
-Pain (mild discomfort to excruciating pain)
-A Plethora of Unpleasant Emotional States (sorrow, fear, anxiety, disgust, etc.)
-Boredom
-Longing

*Within each of these are ranges of intensity, with greater intensity amounting to greater suffering

With every new birth, every horror capable of being endured in life is made possible again [wretched illnesses, acts of violence, excruciating pain, horrible deformities and mutilations, starvation, torture, sexual assault, wrongful imprisonment, harm from natural disasters, etc.].  And while hopefully one can avoid these severe sources of suffering, some level of suffering is inevitable as a sentient being.  It is as the Buddha said, "LIFE IS SUFFERING" (I'm not a Buddhist by the way, but it's an excellent point in my opinion).

To bring children into this world is to impose needless suffering and vulnerability onto them.  Suffering they never asked for, and a life they never needed in the peace of nonexistence.  Please seriously consider what has been written.

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