Breeding like flies? That would be mostly brown people you know. White folks mostly only have 1 or 2, but they still use up a lot more of everything than anybody else. Bigots often take refuge in pragmatism, but you're idea isn't even pragmatic. It's stupid. You'd reward a wealthy American couple, with one trophy baby. Sweet. But the reason they only had one is that they waited until they'd made plenty of money for their McMansion, their suv, their jetskis and snowmobiles, etc. They had expensive therapies just to pop this one out, and they'll make sure it takes up many times it's fair share of the Earth's resources. You'd let 'em live longer, and they'd take advantage by exploiting the Earth's resources (human and otherwise) that much longer. Meanwhile, all the poor folks will continue to fight for survival, and their babies will be exploited in their turn to feed the gluttonous appetites of your new and improved, longer living, mostly white, suburban, Americans. That's not pragmatic. It's bigoted and stupid.
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Date: 2004-02-27 07:52 am (UTC)Bigots often take refuge in pragmatism, but you're idea isn't even pragmatic. It's stupid. You'd reward a wealthy American couple, with one trophy baby. Sweet. But the reason they only had one is that they waited until they'd made plenty of money for their McMansion, their suv, their jetskis and snowmobiles, etc. They had expensive therapies just to pop this one out, and they'll make sure it takes up many times it's fair share of the Earth's resources. You'd let 'em live longer, and they'd take advantage by exploiting the Earth's resources (human and otherwise) that much longer. Meanwhile, all the poor folks will continue to fight for survival, and their babies will be exploited in their turn to feed the gluttonous appetites of your new and improved, longer living, mostly white, suburban, Americans. That's not pragmatic. It's bigoted and stupid.