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It will take you about 10 minutes... and it's someone interpretation of Butler so it doesn't hurt the brain as much ;)
I did follow the link, and responded to it, Lady Angelika. Thank you for showing it.
On Taggard's comments, I have always wanted to micturate in the gene pool. But then I have worked with kids all my life and find it rewarding to do so. One of my spawn is a national merit scholar, the other one is in a gifted magnet program. But once I had successfully done so, I went and got fixed (like a cat) since I figure 2 people carrying on my genetic information is enough. They both tend to worry me, especially the older one who is one of the most articulate and intelligent people I have been honored to have in my life.
On the subject of procreation, however, there is an interesting aspect to it. 10 years ago, China was on the verge of doubling their population, with India close behind them. A few years ago, China and India experienced parity of deaths to births, and now are in decline of birth rate vs. death rate.
The governments of these countries came out and expressed that their birth control policies had made this happen, when, in fact, what really caused it was the cultural bias towards male children. Given the opportunity to have one child, modern testing methods can determine the gender of the fetus and more and more couples are aborting female babies since culturally it is the male who cares for the adults when they reach old age.
So now both countries have higher male populations than female populations.
We see a similar thing happening in Australia and Canada. I am not sure why this is the case for those two countries, although they are also experiencing a decline in birth rate. Australia is considering tax breaks for couples who have children in order to boost their population.
In the United States more and more middle-class and upper-class families are choosing to postpone having kids until later in life, or not having children at all. Whereas those in the lower sociological strata continue to procreate. I am not sure what that means, but it does bring to mind a Kurt Vonnegut story (name escapes me, little help?) where society had two intellectual tiers, the extremely bright and the mindless dullards. In his society, the bright ones were run ragged trying to keep the dullards alive.
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- how would you like to be on the receiving end of a barrage from the 16" guns on a battleship??(breaking rule #24 - 16inch does not start with a 4) - you know, the ones that can hurl a shell weighing as much as a volkswagon beetle 25+ miles to within a one foot ring of accuracy? and when they land, can break through 5 feet of rebar reinforced concrete and craze the next 5 feet to boot? 
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