Re: Medicine is useless

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

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

                         ...................



>> 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.

The first thing to consider about demography is that people
do what they consider good for themselves.  It is those who
make the mistake of assuming that others have their values
who produce the pseudo-science, there and elsewhere.


-- 
This address is for information only.  I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]         Phone: (765)494-6054   FAX: (765)494-0558