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From: raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan)
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Subject: Re: Re: Abortion and Capital Punishment
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Date: Fri, 23-Nov-84 17:03:59 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 23 17:03:59 1984
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> > >	So I think parents
> > >	should have the right to "kill" their children till something
> > >	like the age of 12.

	Maybe this guy is on to something revolutionary in evolution of
	humans (:-)).

		Though I don't at all agree with his ideas, I must confess
	there are times when killing humans seems to be the most humane
	thing to do.

		A case in point: the starving children of Ethiopia and other
	African countries. Scientists tell us that these children are already
	so severly malnourished that even if they were to survive and grow up,
	they would be so severly retarted (mentally, that is) that they
	wouldn't be able to take care of themselves and live a normal life.
	Which means Ethiopia would have a whole generation of retarted
	citizens (what an awful thought) who would be incapable of looking
	after or feeding themselves or their children, which means their
	children would grow up malnourished and retarded. And since the
	government is too poor (and the international community too unwilling)
	to guarantee nourishment for these children throughout their lives,
	isn't it the most humane thing to kill those children (who would
	otherwise grow up retarded) and end the misery now, rather than
	propagate it for generations to come?