Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 08:34:42 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: pechter@lakewood.com, softweyr@xmission.com, freebsd-chat@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTC regulating use of registrations Message-ID: <4643.869672082@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Jul 1997 07:16:39 PDT." <199707231416.HAA19533@hub.freebsd.org>
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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
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