Re: population vs. technology/consumption (fwd)

Yes, I don't much like your posts. However, I can't recall the last time I
responded to you personally. And no, I disagree with you narrow M-L
rhetoric.
That said, hopefully you can learn something from the folks who regularly
post to this listserver (I rarely post).

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Judi A. Kessler
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0510
La Jolla, CA 92093-0510 USA
(858) 534-4147 or (858) 534-4503
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On Wed, 31 May 2000, Andrew Wayne Austin wrote:

> On Wed, 31 May 2000, Judi Kessler wrote:
> 
> >To be frank, Andrew Austin jerks my chain. 
> 
> This is, of course, what it is all about. Judi doesn't like me for some
> reason (you ought to see the private posts she sends me!) and so she looks
> for whatever thing I say that she might be able to attack me over. I am
> not going to speculate over the reasons for her animus.
> 
> I don't believe she really disagrees with my position on birth control.
> What's to disagree with? I believe women and girls should have free access
> to contraception, sterilization, and abortion. I oppose the imposition of
> birth control measures on women. I hold the rather desirable position of
> maximizing reproductive freedom.
> 
> I do not regard myself the "vanguard of just about everything." It ought
> to be perfectly clear that I am not the vanguard of sociobiology/social
> Darwinism. However, I am ethically obligated to take issue with people
> when they advocate a reduction in the number of people. I am also
> ethically obligated to take issue with characterizations of poor women as
> pregnant and lactating. That sort of remarks tends to knock me out of my
> chair. I suppose I would not be regarded as the "vanguard" if more people
> condemned such bigoted language.
> 
> Andrew Austin
> Knoxville, TN
>