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Re:Why Not Mars by lapcat on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:56AM (#34215141)
I'm talking about freedom of choice:

>Do we build a wall around Earth and stop them as "illegal aliens"?

This was of course an analogy to the United States, where we put up barriers to prevent emigrants from seeking a better life here.

There's no shame in procreation, but there's shame in trapping people forever in a place where they no longer want to live.

Re:Why Not Mars by moloch-hai on Monday January 02, 2023 @02:59AM (#34215483)
You wouldn't even need an Iron Curtain: moving to Earth, however much they want to, would kill them.
Re:Why Not Mars by krisoft on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:47AM (#34216145)
> moving to Earth, however much they want to, would kill them

That is an assumption but far from a certainty.

Re:Why Not Mars by moloch-hai on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:50AM (#34216167)
Uncertainty does not help you here.