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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (16009)	3/2/2002 7:33:11 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>DJ, you should learn to skim-read<< Oh man, Maurice, what about skim-writing. I know there's not much left, but that's what its all about. Redundance, lets KILL it dj [edit]...and, btw, where's Jay's weekend summary. Im getting withdrawal symptoms... Jay, cooooome baaack.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (16009)	3/2/2002 9:07:02 PM
From: Scott Bergquist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Sorry, but there are simply too many people. Quality of life counts, you know. If you really, really, really, really like a lot of people, above everything else, then move to India. That country is the reality of the abundance of people. And today's headlines are the inevitable outcome of overcrowding. Human beings have evolved over the millenia in small groups. Those that have been successful over the eons, reproduced, and enjoyed the fruits of small tribes. All our innate thinking, enjoyment, etc. is set for "small tribe" numbers. What we have now, every where, borders on a teetering mass hysteria. In fact, the idea that you embrace =more= people is symptomatic of the "mass mania". No one can gauge true "humanness" anymore, because our overcrowded environment precludes it. You think "inventing" is the essence of "humanness"? It simply is not. Too many people lead to conflict, command-and-control religion, mental illness...all our humankind woes can be traced to the overabundance of people. =All=, without exception. The largest flaw in your argument is that you ignore that there are only 23 hours and 56 minutes in any particular day. Pile all the wonderful inventions, cars, movie cameras, videos, books, movies, Academy Awards, vacation offers, tools, paints, clay, bicycles, mountain bikes, rollerblades, christmas lights, in-the-egg beaters, Walkmans, CDs, computers, DVD burners, software to do a makeover, vegamatics, coin collections, stamp collections, wood carving tools, lathes, do-it-yourself barbeque construction, backyard swimming pool...any use of one neglects the others. And no amount of wealth will make you able to incur any more hours in a single day, than anyone else.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (16009)	3/2/2002 10:31:49 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Those who seek an antidote to the anodyne and absurd accomodation of the antithesis of the good life proposed by a cash-register maniac may wish to consider this rather less grasping and grandiose a vision of the future we could create: phc.mpr.org Just because there's a random chance that one mind in seven billion might have a clue isn't exactly a good argument for infesting paradise with another near billion of our slow ilk. We have only one planet to destroy, and given our present propensities, we're well on our way... CDMA notwithstanding. -R.