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Re: what do you think of editorals regarding the environment?
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Sat, 2 Jun 2001 03:45:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:

It's just infertility. It would suck and all, don't get me wrong, but it's
not like gouging their eyes out.

  But from an evolutionary standpoint, the denial of genetic lineage is a
far greater crime than the gouging out of eyes.

In your mind maybe.

  In my mind, and in the "mind" of 3.5+ billion years of evolution so far.
Which do you think provides objectively a greater chance that your genetics
will live on--your ability to see, or your ability to reproduce?

  Dave!



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(...) Ah, but if you're going to take the tack of genetics alone, losing your site virtually guarantees that you die quickly and don't pass your genetics on anyways. If you lose repro capability, at least you can help OTHERS survive. Only in the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) In your mind maybe. To me and my wife, we'd MUCH rather have our sight than kids ;-) I spent $4K for laser surgery just to correct my badly nearsight vision, and I haven't regretted it for a second. -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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