Re: Medicine is useless

"Herman Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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
> >>>>>>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>>>>> 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.
>
>

  If either of you knew anything about demography, you would not post such
crap.