[silicon2401]

What an oddly paranoid take on the thread. OP literally just said he's looking for new perspectives, because X has led him to his current perspective. I disagree completely that he did anything in poor faith; I think that you're just disregarding the question of "What are the benefits to having kids" outright, rather than take it seriously, which is my response as someone who has been in many online and in-person discussions about the idea of not having kids.

[sforza]

Indeed. And why did the mods flag my thread?

[honkdaddy]

Flags aren't done by the mods, they're applied by other users who find that the post or your conduct go against the spirit of the site.