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Yakk · 03-19-2004, 11:59 AM

I'm all for people joining that society. ;-)

But, more seriously, with the ideal of democracy, your say is purportional to your population. In order to increase the say of your position, you have to either convert others to agree with you, or have children and indoctrinate them in your beliefs...

The political party that breeds the most makes the decisions.

And we expect parties whose power is based on having kids to make sane decisions about how to prevent overpopulation?

Hell, each and every one of us has a dispurportione number of ancestors who chose to have children, and our parents typically try to nudge us towards thinking like them. Those of us who choose not to have as many (or any) children will be that much less effective at passing on to the next generation the idea of having less children.

It's a mess.

03-19-2004, 11:59 AM	#34 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	I'm all for people joining that society. ;-) But, more seriously, with the ideal of democracy, your say is purportional to your population. In order to increase the say of your position, you have to either convert others to agree with you, or have children and indoctrinate them in your beliefs... The political party that breeds the most makes the decisions. And we expect parties whose power is based on having kids to make sane decisions about how to prevent overpopulation? Hell, each and every one of us has a dispurportione number of ancestors who chose to have children, and our parents typically try to nudge us towards thinking like them. Those of us who choose not to have as many (or any) children will be that much less effective at passing on to the next generation the idea of having less children. It's a mess. __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.