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From: pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel)
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Subject: Re: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 15:18:24 EST
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> Perhaps we should try an old shoe on a new foot:  If you really
> are concerned about the child, why don't *you* give him or her a good
> home?  (And yes, my wife and I have talked about this and are willing
> and able to do so.  So are lots of other people -- the waiting list to
> adopt babies is several years long in many (most?) places in this country.
> We are also willing to house, if needed, an unmarried pregnant woman,
> to get her to refrain from getting an abortion.)
> 
> Gary Samuelson

The statement about the waiting list for adoption is EXTREMELY misleading.
Yes, there are many people looking for a child to adopt.  But what KIND of
child?  A WHITE one.

There are many "adoptable" babies, young children, etc., that are NOT white
that are begging to get adopted.  But the majority of adopting parents are
white and want white children.  And what about problem children?  Rather than
being adopted they are usually just shuttled from one foster family to another.
Which ends up costing society because problem children become problem adults.
-- 
-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete)