TO PROCREATE AND HOW; THAT IS THE QUESTION!

AVITW PART 2

     I SEE WHERE A VENERABLE U.S. MAGAZINE ALLOCATED ONE-HALF OF THE FOREST THEY DESTROY EACH WEEK IN ORDER TO LAMENT THE INCREASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE, THE RESULTANT GLOBAL WARMING AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF.  AS NOTED IN PART 1, THIS PREOCCUPATION WITH “SYMPTOMS” OF THE IMPENDING APOCALYPSE REMINDS THE AUTHOR OF THE FUTILITY OF DUMPING ENDLESS PAILS OF WATER INTO THE TUB WHILE THE SINK CONTINUES TO OVERFLOW BECAUSE THE WATER IS STILL RUNNING.

     

LIKE THE SMALL BOY SUGGESTING THE REMOVAL OF AIR FROM THE TRUCK’S TIRES IN ORDER TO EXTRACT IT FROM THE BRIDGE UNDER WHICH IT WAS STUCK, T.O.M.  HAS THE TEMERITY TO SUGGEST THAT THE TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY DEVOTED TO SYMPTOMS MIGHT BETTER BE APPLIED TO ELIMINATING THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, WHICH, OBVIOUSLY IS HUMAN OVERPOPULATION OF A PLANET WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THAT POPULATION.

     

SINCE ONLY A MINISCULE PORTION OF THAT POPULATION SEEMS WILLING TO VOLUNTARILY LIMIT PROCREATION, ANY SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF THIS ALTERNATIVE WILL INVOLVE THE USE OF MANDATES FROM THOSE CHARGED WITH PROVIDING LEADERSHIP FOR THE “PUBLIC GOOD”, EVEN WHEN THAT PUBLIC MAY BEG TO DIFFER.  ONE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION INVOLVES HUMAN VALUES AND PROCLIVITIES, WHILE THE OTHER PART INVOLVES MITIGATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGING THOSE VALUES.

     

SINCE THE LIMITATIONS OF INCREASING THE EARTH'S CARRYING CAPACITY, WITHOUT DELETERIOUS EFFECTS, HAVE LONG SINCE BEEN EXCEEDED, THERE CAN BE LITTLE DOUBT ABOUT THE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF CONTINUING PROCREATION IN THE PRESENT MANNER.  THE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT IS ASSURED IF WE FAIL TO ADDRESS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN THE SYMPTOMS.  THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THOSE ALIVE (INCLUDING THE STAFF OF THIS VENERABLE MAGAZINE) ARE WILLING TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY NOW SURVIVE.  AS NOTED BEFORE, MOST OF THE SUGGESTIONS HERETOFORE ARE HEAVILY WEIGHTED TOWARD “GORING THE OTHER PERSON’S OX”.  



FOREIGN NATIONS, EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO PROVIDE THE ENERGY SOURCES, WISH FOR OUR COUNTRY TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM OUR WASTEFUL EXISTENCE.  ONE INDUSTRY SUGGESTS WAYS THAT “ANOTHER” INDUSTRY CAN CAUSE LESS DAMAGE (POLLUTION?) TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR USE LESS RESOURCES.    THE VENERABLE MAGAZINE SHOWS LITTLE WILLINGNESS TO CEASE PUBLICATION, WHICH WOULD “SAVE” AN UNIMAGINABLE NUMBER OF FORESTS EACH YEAR.  SHOULD “ALL” IF THE OTHER PUBLISHERS OF PAPER BASED LITERATURE DID THE SAME, THE NUMBER OF TREES IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR CONVERTING CARBON DIOXIDE TO CLEAN (BREATHABLE?) AIR AND REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCED, WOULD, NO DOUBT, GO A LONG WAY TOWARD EXTENDING THE TIME FOR AMELIORATING THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.  AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IS ALSO REALIZED AT THE DISPOSAL END OF SUCH PRODUCTS. WHAT IS CLAIMED TO BE A “VITAL” SOURCE OF INFORMATION “NECESSARY” TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNIVERSE, IS, IN REALITY, MOSTLY INFORMATION ABOUT PRODUCTS WHICH OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DEMISE OF CIVILIZATION WOULD LIKE ONE TO BUY, OR A VEHICLE FOR “PUSHING” A NOT SO HIDDEN AGENDA, E.G. THE MAKING OF INDECENT SUMS OF MONEY FOR THE PURVEYORS, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.




USERS OF ENERGY COULD ALSO MAKE A CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE LENGTH OF TIME AVAILABLE FOR “SOLVING” THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BY USING LESS ENERGY (AND PIGS WILL FLY, WHILE THE COW JUMPS OVER THE MOON).  ONE SEES NO SIGN THAT ANY INDUSTRY INVOLVING THE PRODUCTION, SALE AND USE OF ENERGY, NOR THE GOVERNMENTS THAT PERMIT, AND PROFIT FROM, THIS, ARE, IN ANY WAY, INTERESTED IN CONSUMERS USING LESS ENERGY.  IN FACT, THE CITIZENS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SEEM HELL BENT ON EMULATING THE STUPIDITY OF THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF USING MORE ENERGY PER PERSON ON A DAILY BASIS, WITH LITTLE CONCERN FOR THE CONSEQUENCES TO BE PAID IN THE FUTURE.  THIS REMINDS THE AUTHOR OF THE WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MANAGES THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF OUR COUNTRY, BUT I DIGRESS.



GIVEN THE ABSOLUTE (DARE ONE SAY AIR TIGHT?) EVIDENCE OF THE FOLLY (AND NATURAL CONSEQUENCES) OF CONTINUING THIS BEHAVIOR, ONE ENTERS ANOTHER FOREST (JUNGLE?) FRAUGHT WITH DANGER IN BROACHING IDEAS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE WITH SOME PROSPECT OF SAVING THE HUMAN SPECIES FROM THEMSELVES.  THAT IS NOT TO SAY THE AUTHOR WILL LIVE TO SEE THESE CHANGES ANY MORE THAN MALTHUS, DA VINCI OR VERNE SURVIVED TO SEE THEIR CONCEPTS COME TO FRUITION.



ONE APPROACHES THE CENTRAL CONCEPT OF THIS THESIS BY BYPASSING INTERMEDIATE OPTIONS, WHICH ARE “POSSIBLE”, BUT NOT PROBABLE, UNTIL THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES BECOME UNAVOIDABLE AND GOVERNMENTS, IF NOT INDIVIDUALS, ARE FORCED TO CHANGE.  THE COLLISION OF THE TITANIC WITH THE FORCES OF NATURE (AN ANALOGY?) SEEMS TO INDICATE HUMAN ABILITY, IF NOT WILLINGNESS, TO ADAPT WHEN FORCED TO DO SO, BUT NOT BEFORE. SINCE THERE IS NO “LOGICAL” ORGANIZATION OF THESE DIVERSE ACTIONS (AT LEAST, NOT TO THE AUTHOR, SORRY), HOW DOES ONE SET ABOUT CONTROLLING, NOT ONLY THE INCREASE IN THE WORLD’S POPULATION, BUT, IMPLEMENTING THE REDUCTION OF IT TO A ”SUSTAINABLE” LEVEL, ASSUMED TO BE ABOUT 3 BILLION, ABSENT SOME ACCESS TO CHEAP AND INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY SOURCE THAT DOES NOT CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES (READ SOLAR VERSUS ATOMIC POWER).  ECONOMICS ASIDE (HA!), IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE QUALITY AND OPTIONS OF LIFE, AS WE KNOW THEM, WILL BE DRASTICALLY CURTAILED.  



SINCE THE BEGINNING OF LIFE IS ALSO THE BEGINNING OF THE PROBLEM, E.G. OVERPOPULATION, PERHAPS ONE SHOULD LOOK AT TURNING OFF THE FAUCET.  SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME, PROCREATION HAS BEEN DEEMED AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF ANY SPECIES, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THAT SPECIES.  IN GENERAL THAT WOULD SEEM TO HOLD TRUE FOR ALL SPECIES EXCEPT THE HUMAN ONE.  THE REASON IS FAIRLY SIMPLE.  OTHER SPECIES DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO ALTER THEIR ENVIRONMENT TO THE EXTENT HUMANS HAVE ATTAINED AND, THEREFORE, DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO DESTROY IT.  NATURAL CONTROLS HAVE SUFFICED TO CONTROL THE BALANCE OF LIFE FOR OTHER SPECIES LACKING IN ABILITY TO PRODUCE, CONSUME, SAVE, TRANSPORT AND EXPLOIT AVAILABLE NATURAL RESOURCES.  WHEN A GIVEN POPULATION GREW TOO LARGE FOR THE AVAILABLE FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY, THEY PERISHED.  OF COURSE, A SYSTEM OF PREDATOR AND PREY ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS BALANCE.  SINCE HUMANS HAVE CIRCUMVENTED THIS CONTROL ALSO, THERE IS NOTHING LEFT, EXCEPT “SELF-CONTROL” TO PRESERVE AND/OR RESTORE A BALANCE BETWEEN RESOURCES AND HUMAN POPULATION.  THE FINAL “NAIL IN THE COFFIN” OF HUMAN SURVIVAL, IS THE HUMAN PROPENSITY, NOT ONLY TO USE WHAT IS “NEEDED” FOR SURVIVAL, BUT TO ACQUIRE AND FRITTER AWAY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, REGARDLESS OF THE COST TO THE PLANET THAT SUPPORTS LIFE.



THE AUTHOR KNOWS OF NO “INALIENABLE RIGHT”, NOR DEVINE RIGHT, TO PROCREATE AND REMAINS CONVINCED THAT THIS PERCEPTION IS PERPETUATED BY VARIOUS CULTURES AND RELIGIONS TO ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR PARTICULAR CULTURE OR RELIGION, NOT THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES.  IF THOSE ADVOCATING RACIAL AND CULTURAL TOLERANCE ARE CORRECT, THERE IS ONLY ONE “RACE” AND THAT IS THE HUMAN RACE.  THEREFORE, ALL HUMANS HAVE AN EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTROL THE PROLIFERATION OF HUMANS, NOT A “RIGHT” TO PROCREATE IN ORDER TO PERPETUATE ONE CULTURE OR RELIGION OVER ANOTHER.   ACCEPTANCE OF THIS RATHER PROFOUND CONCEPT SEEMS NECESSARY TO INSTIGATE A UNIVERSAL MANDATE TO CONTROL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF ONES RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL VALUES.



THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR (ONE MUST ALWAYS CONSIDER THE SOURCE WHEN EVALUATING A PROPOSAL), IS THAT HUMANS MUST LIMIT THEIR PROGENY TO REPRODUCING THEMSELVES, PROVIDED THAT THIS REPRODUCTION IS DONE IN A “NATURAL” MANNER BY A RESPONSIBLE COUPLE (MALE AND FEMALE) WHO WILL THEN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WELFARE OF THIS NEW INDIVIDUAL TO THE POINT WHERE HE OR SHE IS DEEMED TO BE READY AND ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, IN THE SOCIETY THAT EXISTS AT THAT TIME.  THE IDEA THAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN BE PRODUCED “AT WILL” BY WHOMEVER WISHES TO DO SO AND UNDER ANY CONDITIONS IS AN ANATHEMA TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.  THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IS EQUALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE HUMAN ANIMAL AND, SINCE HUMAN BABIES NEED A PERIOD OF NURTURING APPROXIMATING 20 YEARS (FAR BEYOND ANY OTHER SPECIES), SOCIETY MUST ENSURE THAT THERE IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT THIS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ALLOWING ANOTHER MEMBER OF THAT SOCIETY TO EXIST.



THE IMPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS IDEA ARE SO CONTRARY TO EVERY VALUE HELD TO DATE IN EVERY COUNTRY, CULTURE, SOCIETY AND RELIGION, WITH WHICH THE AUTHOR IS FAMILIAR, THAT THEY MERIT THE UTMOST SCRUTINY AND DISCUSSION BY OTHERS IN EVERY DETAIL.  SHOULD THIS IDEA PROVOKE SUCH A DISCUSSION AND EVOLVE INTO A BETTER IDEA (PLAN?) FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES, THE AUTHOR WOULD BE MORE THAN RELIEVED TO LEARN THAT A BETTER ALTERNATIVE EXISTS.   HOWEVER, IN ONES DEFENSE, THE AUTHOR MUST ASK, “WITH SO MANY SEEMINGLY INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED WITH THE FATE OF THE PLANET, WHY HAS NO ONE DEALT WITH THE “PROBLEM", RATHER THAN THE "SYMPTOMS” AND ESPOUSED A BETTER ALTERNATIVE?”



THE PRIMARY QUESTION IS THE SOCIAL IMPERATIVE, INCLUDING THE RACIAL, RELIGIOUS AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, OF DISCERNING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PERMITTED TO BEAR CHILDREN.  IF THE AGREED UPON VALUE (GOAL?)IS TO PRESERVE THE HUMAN RACE, IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT PROSPECTIVE PARENTS SHOULD POSSESS CERTAIN QUALITIES IN ORDER TO ASSUME THAT RESPONSIBILITY.  IN A DAY WHERE EVEN DRIVING A CAR REQUIRES VERIFICATION OF ABILITY, A LICENSE, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE TACIT UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE SANCTIONS IF THE POSSESSOR OF THIS “ENTITLEMENT” (NOT RIGHT) VIOLATES ANY OF THE REGULATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, IT SEEMS REASONABLE THAT THERE SHOULD BE, AT LEAST, THE SAME MINIMAL CRITERIA FOR PARENTING.  THE ABILITY TO TURN THE WHEEL IS NO MORE A QUALIFICATION TO DRIVE THAN HAVING THE ABILITY TO COPULATE IS ALL THAT SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE A PARENT.  THE PRACTICE OF REQUIRING A MYRIAD OF QUALIFICATIONS AND PERMISSIONS TO CUT THE HAIR OF A HUMAN (MUCH LESS THE HAIR OF A DOG AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER HUMAN ENDEAVOR) WHILE NOT PLACING ANY REQUIREMENTS ON BEING A PARENT SHOULD STRAIN THE CREDULITY OF EVEN THE DUMBEST BUREAUCRATS, POLITICIANS AND CLERGY, WHO ARE FOREVER LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTROL THEIR “SUBJECTS”, IN THE NAME OF LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR BEST INTERESTS, AS A MEANS OF JUSTIFYING THEIR OWN LACK OF A PRODUCTIVE LIFE.  



WHAT MIGHT BE SOME REASONABLE QUALIFICATIONS FOR BEING A PARENT? THIS IS NOT TO IMPLY THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF GOVERNMENT ARE BASED ON REASON, SINCE THAT IS NOT THE NATURE OF GOVERNMENT OR POLITICS, BUT I DIGRESS AGAIN?  THE FIRST WOULD SEEM TO BE THE VOLUNTARY NATURE OF THE PROCESS.  T.O.M. CANNOT FORESEE PROCREATION BEING FORCED UPON ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY MIGHT PRODUCE A SUPERIOR “PRODUCT”.  SECONDLY, MIGHT BE THE SOUNDNESS OF MIND AND BODY REQUIRED TO ASSUME THIS SORT OF RESPONSIBILITY.  AGE LIMITATIONS WOULD ALSO SEEM TO BE A FACTOR SINCE CHILDREN, FROM ABOUT THE AGE OF 13 HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROCREATE AS DO INDIVIDUALS OVER 40, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A DIMINISHING CAPACITY FOR SEEING THE 20 YEAR ‘PROJECT” THROUGH TO COMPLETION.    THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT THE “AGE OF CONSENT” SHOULD BEGIN NO SOONER THAN AGE 20 AND END WHEN THOSE INVOLVED HAVE ENTERED THE SECOND HALF OF THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY, NOW APPROACHING 70 THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.



RETURNING TO ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, IT SEEMS VITAL THAT THE COUPLE HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME TOGETHER, WITH A BASIC LEGAL COMMITMENT BEING THE PREFERRED MODE, TO PREPARE FOR THIS VENTURE BY ESTABLISHING A LOVING (NURTURING?) RELATIONSHIP AND A DOMICILE SUITABLE FOR REARING CHILDREN. ALTHOUGH A MANSION IS NOT REQUIRED, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT "MUD HUTS" OR TIN ROOF EQIVALENTS ARE NOT THOUGHT TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR REARING CHILDREN, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE PREVLALENT IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AMONG THE LOWER CLASSES.  A MODERATELY CLEAN AND SECURE DOMICILE IN GOOD CONDITION SEEMS AS REASONABLE AS REQUIRING A CAR TO BE IN GOOD OPERATING ORDER, REGARDLESS OF ITS ORIGINAL COST OR PERCEIVED VALUE.  THE IDEA OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ALSO SEEMS TO BE CRITICAL IN THE PROCESS SINCE THE REARING OF CHILDREN INVOLVES CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE IN ADDITION TO THE REQUISITE FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER.  SINCE THE IDEA IS TO CONTROL POPULATION AND REDUCE IT TO SOME SUSTAINABLE LEVEL, WORKING IN HARMONY WITH THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE, RATHER THAN CIRCUMVENTING THE NATURAL CONTROLS ON POPULATION WOULD SEEM TO BE IN ORDER. RHEREFORE, THE COUPLE MEETING THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PROCREATE ONLY IN THE NATURAL MANNER WITHOUT “INTERFERENCE” FROM THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, EXCEPT TO ENSURE THAT THE BABY WILL BE A HEALTHY ONE WITH THE ABILITY TO MATURE AND ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN INDEPENDENT AND PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY. WITH RESPECT TO GENDER, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT ADDRESSES THAT ISSUE BY STATING THAT EACH PARENT CAN REPRODUCE THEMSELVES, ONE MALE AND ONE FEMALE, LEST OTHERS ATTEMPT TO DISTORT THE IDEAS TO THEIR OWN ENDS, AS IS NOW PRACTICED IN SOME AREAS OF THE WORLD, WHERE GENDER SELECTION IS UTILIZED TO MEET THE PERCEIVED NEEDS OF THE PROGENITORS, NOT THE GREATER NEED FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE HUMAN RACE.

  

SINCE THE CONDITION OF REPRODUCING ONLY ONE CHILD FOR EACH PARENT LIMITS THE MAGNITUDE OF PROCREATION, IT FOLLOWS THAT EACH CHILD IS A VALUABLE PART OF THE FAMILY AND SHOULD BE ACCORDED AS MANY PROTECTIONS AND BENEFITS AS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE BY THE GENERAL COMMUNITY, IN ADDITION TO THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE PARENTS.   THE IDEA THAT BENEVOLENT AGENCIES (PUBLIC OR PRIVATE), PAID FOR BY THOSE WHO HAVE LITTLE INTEREST OR DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHILD, AS IS THE WONT IN OUR COUNTRY, HAVE SOME OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE SUSTENANCE FOR DELINQUENT PARENTS AND THEIR PROGENY, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE DILEMMA, E.G. OVERPOPULATION OF THE WORLD BY INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO CARE FOR THEIR PROGENY, IS A PART OF THE “PROBLEM”, NOT THE SOLUTION.



SINCE IT SEEMS IMPERATIVE TO THE AUTHOR, NOT ONLY TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF, BUT ALSO TO REDUCE, THE POPULATION, IF A TRAGEDY BEFALLS THE CHILD, THE PARENTS SHOULD RETAIN NO ENTITLEMENT (PERMISSION) TO REPLACE THE LOST CHILD AFTER BIRTH.   SHOULD THERE BE A TRAGEDY BEFORE BIRTH, OR IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE FETUS WILL BE UNABLE TO FULFILL THE EXPECTATIONS OF LIVING AN INDEPENDENT AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE, IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY THAT THE BIRTH BE ABORTED, BUT, WITHOUT THE LOSS OF SUCH AN ENTITLEMENT.  THIS IS NO LESS REASONABLE THAT THE MUNDANE ABORTION OF A FLIGHT INTO SPACE WHERE THE SAFETY OF THE PARTICIPANTS OR THE SUCCESS OF THE MISSION IS THOUGHT TO BE COMPROMISED. THE FLIGHT, AFTER THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED, IS THEN RESCHEDULED.



THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER “CONDITIONS” PLACED UPON PROSPECTIVE PARENTS IN THE FUTURE IS ANTICIPATED, BUT IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR REASONABLY AND HUMANELY CORRECTING “THE PROBLEM” WITHOUT CAUSING UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE HUMAN POPULATION.  THE AUTHOR IS “COUNTING” ON THE FACT THAT MANY INDIVIDUALS, EVEN IF “QUALIFIED”, WILL CHOOSE NOT TO PROCREATE AND THE OBVIOUS COROLLARY, THAT ALL, WHO NOW PROCREATE OUTSIDE OF THE ABOVE STRICTURES, WILL BE SUMMARILY PRECLUDED FROM SUCH ACTIVITY,. REGARDLESS OF THEIR PROCLIVITY, FOR WHATEVER SELF-SERVING REASON OR LACK THEREOF, THERE CAN BE NO ENTITLEMENT FOR THE “UNQUALIFIED".



OF COURSE, THE “ALTERNATIVES” OF WAR, DISEASE, STARVATION, NATURAL DISASTERS AND THE LOSS OF CLEAN AIR, WATER AND OTHER RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SURVIVE, REMAIN, SHOULD CIVILIZATION FAIL TO PAY HEED TO THE NEED TO CONTROL POPULATION.  THE “SYMPTOMS” ARE NOW OBVIOUS TO ALL BUT THE MOST OBTUSE AND THOSE WHO NOW PROFIT FROM THE PRESENT CONDITION.    VAMOS A VER!



REMEMBER, EVEN THE MOST INEPT STUDENT OF CHEMISTRY UNDERSTANDS THE SYMMETRY, IF NOT THE VALUE, OF A BALANCED EQUATION.  WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE “MODERN” WORLD, SINCE APRIL 11, 1951, IS THAT SOCIETY HAS INTERVENED ON ONE SIDE OF THE EQUATION, WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE OTHER SIDE, E.G.  THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; THE RESULTANT “ILLS” OF SOCIETY SUCH AS CRIME, POVERTY, DISEASE; AND THE CREATION OF LIVE SOULS INCAPABLE OF CARING FOR THEMSELVES, PLUS MULTITUDES, LIVING WITHOUT THE NURTURING OF THEIR NATURAL MOTHERS AND FATHERS, REACHING MATURITY, ONLY TO CONTINUE THE SPIRAL INTO DEEPER DESPAIR, WILL WREAK HAVOC, UNTO THE DEATH OF THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND FINALLY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.  



A FATE TO CONTEMPLATE, NOT ENJOY, SORRY!  T.O.M.