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Re:Who are you calling Malthusian? by cgag on Monday February 13, 2017 @04:50PM (#13639100)
That only seems to matter if you're trying to off people. I just want them to not be born.
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Re:Who are you calling Malthusian? by dechov on Monday February 13, 2017 @07:03PM (#13640060)
In that case would it be fair to ask him [sic] whether his unborn children are the surplus population?
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Re:Who are you calling Malthusian? by chc on Monday February 13, 2017 @07:43PM (#13640265)
It would be pretty silly to ask whether people who don't exist are anything at all.
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Re:Who are you calling Malthusian? by keebEz on Monday February 13, 2017 @07:08PM (#13640082)
Should you have not been born?
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Re:Who are you calling Malthusian? by cgag on Monday February 13, 2017 @08:28PM (#13640475)
I think I'm willing to bite that bullet
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Re:Who are you calling Malthusian? by flukus on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @12:18AM (#13641341)
A lot of things in the past should not have happened, it's easy to waste time with useless hypotheticals.
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Re:Who are you calling Malthusian? by Retra on Monday February 13, 2017 @10:46PM (#13640988)
How is that a relevant question?
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