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Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by jakeonthemove on Thursday May 10, 2012 @02:33PM (#3955145)
Especially when a lot of today's 65+ year olds are more useful to society than most teenagers...
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Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by sp332 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @05:02PM (#3956008)
"Today's"? I think that is true in general :)
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Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by Pwnguinz on Friday May 11, 2012 @09:43AM (#3959120)
I think he meant historically, when we were still either hunter-foragers or early agrarians. Elders were idle mouths that needed feeding, but provided minimal tangible benefits to the tribe at hand.
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