At 08:39 PM 7/19/01, Andy wrote:
>On 19 Jul 2001, at 16:01, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> > >What do you propose? That the g*vernment should decide, and
> > >take the money away from Subject A so that Subject B survives?
> > >
> > >IMHO, this is the worse solution for the long run, because
> > >a society that permits those kinds of decision is
> > >giving the g*vernment the power to decide on Life and Death.
> > >
> > >Worse: you let the g*vernment declare that some lives [for
> > >example, an old man's final 2 years of life] have a lesser
> > >value than other lives.
> > >
> > >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.
>
>Uhh, when you want to have kids, lemmie ask you this..
>
>Why should you have kids? What have you done for society?
>I do *NOT* believe in a universal right to have children.
So who do you think should make that decision?
--Ronn! :)
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