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Old 03-30-2007, 02:18 PM   #30
Sundae
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 View Post
Maybe we could send 'em some condoms.
Ouch! I doubt these people do have access to free birth control, but I've known enough women desperate to conceive to realise the urge is pretty powerful. Certainly stronger than the urge to eat/ smoke/ drink ourselves to death, which we defend in the West.

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Originally Posted by Flint View Post
Maybe, as Forrest Gump's Mama said, "Stupid is as stupid does."
IE if your actions cause sewage flood that destroys your village (the same one where your struggling, hungry family lives) then you are an idiot.
You do what you can short term. It's called survival. Like whenever carbon emissions are defended on this site with the argument "If we adhere to these guidelines thousands of Americans will be out of work"
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