At 04:43 PM 7/19/01, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> >
> >>The next step might be letting the g*vernment mass-sterilize
> >>individuals that carry bad genes, or place an upper limit
> >>to the age of the citizens, etc
> >
> >Or place an upper limit to the number of children a woman may have.
> >
>OTOH, since European countries suffer from too few children
>per woman, they would probably place a _lower_ limit to the
>number of children a woman must have; then, when a woman
>is ripe for pregnancy, a g*vernment officer would come and
>impregnate her.
Hey, the US is ahead of Europe in something!
We already have government officials who spend a good bit of their time
doing just that.
Though sometimes their aim is poor and they stain a dress.
--Ronn! :)
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