July 26, 2011 3:09 PM
Press rips Beckhams for too many babies
Population boon
More people leads to more prosperity
July 20, 2011|By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist
DAVID
AND VICTORIA Beckham were overjoyed by the birth last week of their
fourth child, a baby girl they named Harper. "We all feel so blessed and
the boys love their baby sister so much!!!'' the former Spice Girl
exulted to her vast following on Twitter. A few days later she posted a
picture of her husband cradling his new daughter, with the tender
comment: "Daddy's little girl!''
Whose heart wouldn't be warmed by the Beckhams' delight in their newborn?
The Observer's wouldn't.
In
a remarkably churlish article on Sunday, Britain's influential
left-leaning newspaper (the Observer is the Guardian's sister Sunday
paper) pronounced Harper's parents "environmentally irresponsible'' for
choosing to bring her into the world. Headlined "Beckhams a 'bad
example' for families,'' the piece was a blast at parents who raise
good-sized families. "One or two children are fine but three or four are
just being selfish,'' Simon Ross, executive director of the Optimum
Population Trust, told reporter Tracy McVeigh. "The Beckhams ... are very
bad role models.''
McVeigh
also quoted natural-history broadcaster David Attenborough, who
recently "made a passionate speech about how the world's baby-making was
damaging the planet.
Read more at the Boston Globe
They Left is not pro-choice at all.
And btw, Jeff Jacoby is a great pro-life conservative columnist - when you come across his stuff, be sure to read it.
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Comments
I hope that baby grows up to majorly save the environment. I hope she does so much for the environment that it makes up for a billion extra people. That will teach those population control people a thing or two about judging others for the number of kids they have.
BTW: The reason those people are so worried about the number of kids people have is they don't know God. They have no idea that He knows what He's doing when He sends babies into the world. They think humans are the highest thing their is, and that if we don't control our breeding, we will breed to standing room only. Then we'll all die off from disease and famine. If you live in a reality that says nobody can take care of this but us, that's a very scary place indeed.
My first reaction was to get mad at them for their judgmentalness. Then I remembered a time long ago when I didn't know the Lord and I thought like them too.
Knowing God is the only solution to this problem.
Posted by: Cecilia | July 26, 2011 9:30 PM
What probably really drives these people nuts beyond the fact that Beckhams have four children, is that they seem really happy about it.
Posted by: Elissa | July 27, 2011 10:18 PM
Honestly, as a Brit, I find some of the Beckham's glitzy lifestyle hard to take, but and this is a big But :0), when I see them with their children my heart melts....
I also think that we in the UK have a thing about big families. Maybe it is because we are a small densely populated island, maybe it's because we have high levels of immigration, or maybe it's because we are losing the Christian values of our nation...I don't know, but as mother of only three children, I have at times been surprised by the negative comments I have received.
Posted by: Sue Clarke | July 30, 2011 5:08 AM
That's how I feel too. Victoria doesn't look the part, but she seems to be a devoted mother
Posted by: Barbara | July 30, 2011 5:52 AM
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