[romafirst3]

The article title is just a hyperbolic statement about something. Blocking the path to a family is just another hyperbolic statement that is patently untrue.

But in all seriousness in response to your question, why respond at all, the answer I would argue is it is super important to respond. If you don't respond you leave exaggerated statements unchallenged and then people just ingest them without using any critical thinking. There are tons of examples of it happening in the US news media and it does change people's perspectives of what is happening in the world. If left unchallenged a casual reader would just assume that the sky was falling down in Ireland which couldnt' be further from the truth.

[Fraterkes]

Not to be unkind, but that is a very high-minded justification for what was essentially a one-line joke comment.

[romafirst3]

Comedy in the service of a strong argument is twice as funny.

[Fraterkes]

Tell me then, funny man: what's two times zero?

[romafirst3]

You asked me why I insisted on responding, I told you why I responded. To not allow exaggerated nonsense to just exist unchallenged.

I used humor in my response. My use of a joke highlighted the absurdity and overblown nature of the original commenters statement and made a reader think exactly what does someone mean by "path to having a family". In actual fact, other people on this page are claiming it's too easy to have a family in Ireland what with all the free housing and welfare. So I'm pointing out the absurdity of the position, especially when it's just blasted out as fact without anything to back it up.