[QUOTE="twitchmonkey399"][QUOTE="SgtKevali"]
You're arguing what should be, rather than what is. I'm just telling you it's not a realistic expectation to think people will abstain from sex if they don't want a child.
SgtKevali
We humans have the ability to make what is. Also, I think you missed one of my earlier comments. I'd appreciate a response. Let me give you an example. A human has this uncontrollable urge to eat, just like he has one to have sex. But a human, unlike an animal, can override this natural tendency to feed himself, and starve himself. While I'm sure he never rid himself of the desire to eat, he choose not to act according to an uncontrollable want for food. In the same way, a human can choose not to have sex, even though he has an uncontrollable want for it. Do you see what I'm saying here? Just because you have a natural, uncontrollable want for something, does not mean you have to obey it. And people have not obeyed these uncontrollable wants in the past, and will continue to do so. You refuse to acknowledge the the basis faucets of human beings. These things are true, and I give you many examples and explanations for something that shouldn't require them. Accept the facts.People can ignore their urges, but it requires very strong willpower to do so. A lot of people lack that strong willpower, and that's why you have so many obese/overweight people. Your own example doesn't work.
I'm not saying it's impossible to override these urges, I'm saying it's unrealistic to expect most people to. This is backed up by, to use your example, a very large number of obese people. Why is it hard for some people to lose weight? A large part is that they lack the willpower to do so.
If this "strong willpower" is so evident in all humans, why do people a lot of people fail at losing weight?
The majority of people fail at losing weight fail because so little people know the right way to do it. More often then not, it's the ignorance of how to eat correctly. The government advocating eating low-fat confuses those people even further. These people are convinced that eating healthy is way harder than it actually is, and continue into a downward spiral of self-doubt. Also, bad eating habits brush off on their children. These children grow up overweight, and find it harder to break the bad habits they were raised with. Please realize, I'm not saying that there aren't any people who are fat primarily because of lack of self control. All these things contribute to the health disaster that is the U.S Consider your view of this subject. You just said that some people have to be fat, because they lack the will power. What? False. People are choosing to be lazy, when they could be healthy. While it is true, some people have stronger wills than others, but all this means is that some people just have to try harder. Also, you (try to) quote me when you say "strong willpower." Who typed those words? 
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