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To: Lane3 who wrote (7165)	6/8/2000 7:55:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

The Catholic Church may not be the only reason for the population explosion in Latin America, but it is certainly a contributing factor. In the Philippines, the Catholic Church has used every scrap of its considerable clout to keep any viable contraceptive option away from women. They even tried to get the sale of condoms, pills, and IUDs banned, fortunately without success. They have succeeded in persuading many of the faithful not to use them, though they provide no assistance whatsoever in feeding the resulting babies. Once on a TV talk show, a priest gave a now-infamous answer to the question "how are women supposed to feed these big families?" He said "Idagdag ng tubig sa sopas", or "add some water to the soup". Must be a big believer in loaves and fishes. In the immortal words of Monty Python: Every sperm is sacred Every sperm is great Every sperm that's wasted God gets quite irate.... It is also quite justifiable to say that in the Philippines the Church had a very real and aggressive role in supporting many of the more brutal methods the Spanish colonists adopted in their efforts to control the natives.

To: Lane3 who wrote (7165)	6/8/2000 9:19:00 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

I think that's too "facile" <the other facile, Marcos> an explanation It may be a green parrot if you wish, but clearly, if the Catholic church had not influenced the population and its leaders for 500 years, the way they did, Latin America would not be in the caca that it is in today. Indeed to this day they keep on feeding the populace with nothing more than voodoo. Yes, no doubt the other countries and reasons you mentioned are valid, nevertheless in the specific case of Mexico, (and Lat Am), the Church has a long outstanding bill. I forget who said it... but: "We are born ignorant and some grow up to be stupid." The church certainly assists in the growing up part. Facile or not. Against that background... yes, the people should educate themselves and not have babies that can not be, in turn educated, fed and maintained. Babies are born in the U.S. to parents who are too immature, to unsettled, too insecure, too shallow, too immoral, too scared, too sick, etc. etc. to care for them. Indeed, so how come there is no effective sexual education that drives the point to teenagers and/or these "parents" that you are talking about. Mayor Marion Barry in D.C. once asked a welfare mom with 14 why she had so many kids that family services couldn't even find a house big enough for her family. She said it was her right and none of his business. Her right my arse. One's rights end when they start infringing upon the rights of your neighbor. Her inability to raise and sustain one child, let alone 14 children, infringe on my damned taxes. so YES I consider it my business.