Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newspeer1.stngva01.us.to.verio.net!news.verio.net!sea-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <40967CFE.5020406@hotmail.com> From: Jim User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530 X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Shoe buying online References: <409599B5.1070303@yahoo.com> <73fde4f0.0405030645.e82a92f@posting.google.com> <409677BA.9080203@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 59 Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 17:10:25 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.94.231.25 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: sea-read.news.verio.net 1083604225 130.94.231.25 (Mon, 03 May 2004 17:10:25 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 17:10:25 GMT Organization: Verio Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:13715 Kevin Wayne Williams wrote: > Jim wrote: > >> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote: >> >>> John W. wrote: >>> >>>> "Murgi" wrote in message >>>> news:... >>>> >>>>> "John W." wrote in message >>>>> news:409599B5.1070303@yahoo.com... >>>>> >>>>>> Anyone know a good place to buy shoes online for kids? Got a special >>>>>> request from the sperm child... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> What's a "sperm child"? Still frozen in liquid nitrogen without >>>>> feet to need >>>>> shoes? >>>> >>>> >>>> That's a child of my sperm, as opposed to one of someone else's sperm. >>>> And I'm really just assuming that fact. >>> >>> >>> That you would write that in a public forum sends little chills up my >>> spine. >>> >> >> Well, if he hasn't done a dna test... there's no way to >> be sure, is there? I've read that upwards of 30% of children born >> in two-parent households are not the product of the husband. > > >> > You are twisting the percentages a bit. Blood-typing anomalies show that > about 10% of children don't belong to the putative father. That means > that about 19% of two-child families have a cuckoo, and 27% of > three-child families have one. Add in the cases where the father is > aware of the situation, and you can easily hit 30% of households for the > two and three kid cases. 30% of households is a lot different then 30% > of the kids. > > My point was that a father either thinks of his kid as his, or not. > Allowing yourself to live in a gray zone risks causing a lot of damage > to the kid. Well, it would (be a problem) if you think being a "father" can only be with your biological children. If John can be a "father" to any child in his family, whether or not he knows he/she to be his own "sperm child", what's the problem? I'm guessing you wouldn't be a very good candidate for adopting kids, eh? -Jim