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To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 08:34:42 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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There is a far easier solution to this problem, of course:
Don't &%$!@#* reproduce!

There are currently far too many people on this planet as it is, and
sparing it any additional citizens can only be a blessing (ever check
out the last 10 years worth of census data?  It's f-ing scarey!).  No
matter how intelligent, rich, and generally genetically attractive you
are, the inescapable fact remains that there are too goddamn many of
us now on this rock and any production of additional humans can only
make the problem worse, likely soon to reach the point where the human
organism acts no differently than rats do when overcrowded - they
start killing each other mindlessly.  It seems to be a built-in safety
valve, and we've shown so little success at curbing our "animalistic
impulses" in the past that I don't see this one being dealt with any
more intelligently when it comes to the point of crisis.

I also don't buy the argument that Americans have to breed in order to
keep parity with some of the other countries who are knocking out new
babies faster than an army kitchen breeds roaches.  If our domestic
population should start declining, and that's something I rather doubt
could happen in any case, we can always just bump up immigration
quotas another notch and bring in the educated top percentage of
whichever countries have the greatest surplus.  Even assuming a very
small percentage of educated citizens in any given 3rd world country,
the supply is still great enough (and the attractiveness of moving to
a less overcrowded country high enough) that I think it's likely to
stay a "buyer's market" for some time to come.

Just my two clinical cents. ;-)

					Jordan