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   From: morpheal@sympatico.ca   
      
   Sylvia Else wrote:   
      
   > Well, it's all very romantic sounding, but as is so often the case with   
   romance, terribly impractical. There are minor issues such as my being on the   
   other side of the world from you (I think), happily married, and too old to be   
   having more children    
   anyway.   
      
   Oh, well, back to the drawing board and invent something else.... I   
   always get the design completely wrong. I don't think I will ever get it   
   right in this lifetime. It's hopeless.   
      
   > Many countries in the developed world are having problems maintaining   
   their populations, and they probably need more geniuses, even if they   
   don't appreciate them. However, the child support system, wherever you   
   are, will confiscate a large part of your income if you should separate   
   from the mother of your child. You'd be taking one hell of a risk if you   
   got some woman pregnant. My advice to you would have to be "don't".   
      
   You're probably right.   
      
   The future of the human species is really not worth that kind of   
   financial risk.   
      
   Nowadays women tend to lure men into getting them pregnant simply so   
   they can dump them after that and collect the child support. Never know   
   which one might do it. It's like playing Russian roulette. Every sperm   
   is only another bullet aimed at yourself.   
      
   The world population is bound to drop rapidly considering that.   
      
   Financial castration is always an option.   
   And routinely practiced in the "free" world.   
      
   R.M.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)