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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (22371)	5/28/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 108807

Alex, It's just another of my wild and crazy ideas for a utopian society, one major factor of which would be people having only the children for whom they are able to personally provide because it is the right thing to do. I think too many children grow up thinking that they are required to have children of their own. You know, go forth and multiply, keep the earth populated? Besides, having children of one's own is an inalienable right, right? At least that's what "they" all say. Having one's own children tends also to have a tonic effect on the ol' ego. Maybe it's time we threw in a few provisos to this age-old indoctrination and resulting mindset. I too would resist if "encourage" became "compel," but I'm not sure why. I would heartily applaud disincentives, however. As it stands now there are great and bountiful incentives to reproduce but none (that I know of) for those who, for whatever reasons, wisely do not. And yes, the numero uno question: who would be the Solomon to handle the certification process and sign off on the Worthy and the Capable? BTW, I used to know a fellow who thought everyone should be limited to only two children, the logic of this being no one should have more children than the two necessary to reproduce themselves--a sort of Draconian variant on zero-population growth. This person also thought it was somehow a crime against nature and all that is holy to study a given subject but never put that knowledge learned and degree earned to professional use. He had no patience with the concept of learning for the joy of learning. Holly