[109167] in Cypherpunks
Evil lobbying(??): Zero Population Growth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sunder)
Fri Mar 12 16:46:44 1999
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 16:34:51 -0500
From: Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Reply-To: Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
Hey, first it was China with limits on the number of kids, now it's some idiot
right here in the good ol'e USA... sigh... In a few years, there will be more
freedom in the ex-soviet, ex-commie countries than here....
I just got a letter from a bunch of ratfuckers (there's that word again)
called the Zero Population Growth at POBOX 97129, Washington DC 20077-7051.
With a "real?" address of 1400 16th St NW Suite 320, Washington DC 20036.
It has a survey that asks lovely questions such as:
"Would you like Congress and our national government to focus on, ... how
would you rank the problem of overpopulation?"
and even better yet:
"Do you believe the federal government should establish a national policy to
stabilize population growth by voluntary means?"
I suppose if I answer "No" to this question, they'll take it to mean that I
want the Feds to establish mandatory means(???) And what, if it's voluntary
will they sweeten the deal with tax breaks for the sterlized?
And "Do you favor education and lobbying efforts that stress the need to
reduce illegal immigration into the US by improving standards of living in
developing countries?"
The "letter" enclosed says I've been "chosen" to participate in their National
Referendum "designed to focus on leadership attention on one of the most
urgent problems now facing America." Gotta love the acrobatics they put the
English language through. The letter attached, which you're supposed to read
before answering the survey paints a picture of overpopulation and lack of
resources and over polluted, over populated, crime ridden cities, etc.
Mind you, I certainly don't mind their efforts to educate, but the ominous
part of this is that they seem to want Congress to "do something." Gee, I
wonder what that "something" will be and just how "voluntary" they will be?
(read: mandatory)
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