From: whitmeye@den.mmc.com (Richard Whitmeyer 865-8497)
Subject: Re: Spaying and neutering alles!!!
Originator: whitmeye@surf
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:44:10 GMT


In article <1992Dec15.153604.13857@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu>, ausdal@ece.scarolina.edu (Thi Van Ausdal) writes:
|> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
|> 
|> >	Christ, why should we pay to feed a bunch
|> >	of people who haven't figured out that ol' equation:
|> > 
|> >	Don't have more kids than you can feed. 
|> >	Survival of the fittest, I say.  Good riddance.
|> 
|> OK, now it's been said (glad I wasn't the first one to say it) and I'll
|> build on that thread.
|> While I agree it sucks for the people starving in Somalia, on account of
|> they ARE dying, I would definitely put a lien on the mercenary aid to the
|> drought-torn country.  What the hell am I talking about?  
|> 
|> 	I say we spay and neuter them.  50% of males, 50% of females.
|> Even numbered children. Something.  Hell, it works for our dog and 
|> cat population here in America.  While there are those who will gawk 
|> like birds and cry "but they're not dogs and cats" (which is true, 
|> I've seen cocker spaniels who outweigh most of Somalia) but think about
|> the one of the reasons for the population there.  Somalis, like most of 
|> the third world, is but the second generation or so since the arrival 
|> of white man's medicine, nutrition, etc.  
|> 	Before, it was a necessary part of their culture to churn out 
|> children like a factory, since half of them died before they were four 
|> years old.  Now, thanks to our meddling, the life expectancy is climbing. 
|> GREAT.  Well, you can cure the diptheria, influenza, rabies, whatever, 
|> like that (snap fingers) but you cannot re- move from their upbringing 
|> the natural drive, and the cultural imperatives, to multiply.  As in 
|> other cultures, it's more MANLY to have six children than four, etc.
|> And wham-o, there's twice the population density.  Thrice.  
|> 	The rain doesn't fall.  And everybody starves.   So, as cruel 
|> as it may be, it is for their best interests short term to do that.  
|> And while we're occupying their homeland for the next century, we 
|> can indoctrinate them with the Western idea of two (2) children. China
|> had to have forced abortions, sterilizations, and so forth to enforce 
|> their ban on multiple children under the Commie regime.  That may be 
|> what Somalia needs.   
|> 
|> 	There are two problems with this plan I can see (I'll save you 
|> the typing):
|> 	1.  The sterilized children will be disenfranchised.  It would
|> suck living your life with no "purpose" biologically.  But then again,
|> so does DYING OF STARVATION.  
|> 	2.  They'd lie through their teeth ("oh, this is my first child",
|> "well, how come you had stretch marks last year?") about the children.  
|> The natural desire to protect their children from danger would be under-
|> mine their nation's welfare.
|> 	These problems, and others, have to be addressed to make this plan
|> work. Of course, we could put saltpeter in their rice (Catholic school 
|> joke).
|> 	
|> 	That's cool, we have B-52's and all the 500-lb. bombs we need to
|> barbecue half the country and feed the rest with them. 
|> 		END WORLD HUNGER
|> 			KILL ALL THE STARVING PEOPLE.

Shit, what load of crap! These people don't even think the Somali
are people. They think they're cats and dogs.
With this talk, we'd solve the global energy problems: just harness
the power of the US veterans of WWII spinning in their graves.
I think you two missed your chance to be all you could be.
Such sorrow you must feel that you missed working for Hitler.
AHHH, those were the good ol'days. When the unfit were treated
like cats and dogs.

Rich Whitmeyer