Diapers are a good thing, just like antibiotics? and just like CFC`s? and plastics? and carbon bioxide and global warming? Hey Alex, I don`t know if you are just naif or plainly stupid! Half of the World is NOT half of your redneck neighborhood. Actually there exist plenty of other countries and cultures some of them as ancient as the chinese, and people surely more wise than your mom. I wonder if it was not a happy experience for her even having you.