Re: Medicine is useless

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gretchen Evans  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 18 Nov 2003 16:50:56 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman
>Rubin) wrote:

>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>Gretchen Evans  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>On 16 Nov 2003 13:38:14 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman
>>>Rubin) wrote:

>>>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>>>Gretchen Evans  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>On 15 Nov 2003 13:01:45 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman
>>>>>Rubin) wrote:

>>>>>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>>>>>George Conklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>>>>>>"Herman Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>>>>>>> Drol Yag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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>>>>>>The only non-totalitarian method available is economic.

>>>>>How about simply making verious contraceptive measures easily
>>>>>available to all that desire them?

>>>>They have been in India for the entire period during which
>>>>peasant women continue to have so many more children than
>>>>they can support.

>>>Non responsive to the suggestion, Herman. 

>>I do not see how it is not responsive.  Contraceptive measures
>>have been easily available for the whole period; they are not
>>used by most peasant women until they have had lots of children.

>Obviously some education is needed in India.  In the US we have all
>sorts of objections coming forth whenever a simple matter like making
>contraceptives redily available. 

The education about contraceptives and their availability 
has been there all along.  What is needed is to convince
people that there is a value TO THEM not to have so many
children.  In fact, is that the case?

I said TO THEM, not TO SOCIETY.  This is the mistake Marx
and other socialists make; very few people are going to
put the needs or wants of society above their own.  


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