Genesis

[Wayne Eddy]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Louis Mann" <net_democracy at yahoo.com>
To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <brin-l at mccmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 5:38 AM
Subject: Genesis


>> > What's wicked about bringing children into the
>> world that you have the
>> resources to support and nurture?
>> Doug
>
> it's wicked because it creates even more scaricities among other children 
> in undeveloped countries whose parents do not have the resources to 
> support and nurture.  would you suggest that we forbid anyone too poor 
> from having children?
> jon

I agree with Doug.

If people only raised the number of children they were able to support & 
nuture  AND everyone one was in a position to know that number AND if 
everyone was able to ensure they didn't have more than that number, we would 
end up with the appropriate world population, and far less suffering.

What's more a lot of people are probably well off today because their 
parents and grand parents made good decisions about the number of offspring 
they could support.

Regards,

Wayne.