On May 6, 2006, at 5:45 PM, John Adams wrote:
> On May 6, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Marta Russell wrote:
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>> On May 6, 2006, at 3:13 PM, John Adams wrote:
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>>> On May 6, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Marta Russell wrote:
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>>>> As my friend who IS a lefty here in LA says the world needs to
>>>> realize that at this point we need a ratio of 10 adults per one
>>>> child. He's done the math over years of study.
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>>> For how long do we need that?
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>> Thank you for a civilized question.
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> Marta, I try really hard to be civil. If you'll recall, I explained
> why I thought your position on the Schiavo case was understandable,
> even though I disagreed with it, and said something similar about
> your position on immigration. But I do think you're wrong, really
> wrong, here.
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I'm not married to his idea, it is only one idea out of many. One child per couple would be better than what we have now but it may not get the job done. It seems to me that we are in a race against time on the global warming front, the emissions control/consumption front and the population growth front. Marta