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Re: Rebuildca.org promotes growth-addiction in California

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From: Arthur L. Rubin
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:32
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Enough Already wrote:
> 
> The Real Bev <bashley@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:<40D91CDD.ECA0CC34@myrealbox.com>...

> > OK.  So how many immigrants does each of us native-born Americans get to
> > shoot?  The number here should be large enough to include shooting a
> > number sufficient to account for the excess births, which are a lot
> > harder to deal with.  The big problem, as you may have already guessed,
> > is deciding who is actually entitled to give birth...
> 
> I wish you wouldn't inject the word "shoot," since it enforces the
> ignorant stereotype among growth-addicts that "zero growth" means
> active removal of existing people. NPG.ORG suggests that a net
> population _reduction_ can be achieved with only birth control, given
> enough time.

Given enough time, and if world-wide, and....

It's not going to happen.
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