X-Message-Number: 23323 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:01:20 +0800 (CST) From: =?big5?q?kurt2100kimo?= <> Subject: More on Kass & Co. Sometime ago, I ran across a piece on the internet written by one of Kass's cronies, Francis Fukayama. He was against the idea of an "ageless" society because many people would chose not to have kids. He thought that it was sucha horrible thing that people might instead be into doing things like living the adventurous life in S.E. Asia or sailing around the world, rather than living the 1950's leave it to beaver lifestyle. This just illustrates the cluelessness that Kass & Co. have about modern life. Most people don't live the leave it to beaver life anymore anyways. Something like 30-60% (depending on ethnic group) of kids are born to single parents. Other people (like moi) have lived the international expat life-style, and seek to become fianacially independent in order to "drop-out" and live the expat life in S.E. Asia (or Belize, or Mexico). The leave it top beaver life really doesn't have much to recommend it. Worse, it hasn't sunk into the brain of francis Fukayama that the worse thing for a society is kids that are unwanted. Pressuring people who do not want to have kids, into having kids, has got to be dumbest idea that anyone could ever think of. I think that Kass & Co. will fail in their agenda just on the basis of their cluelessness on life, in general. Sincerely, Kurt C Yahoo! _ C B B R A A b H http://tw.promo.yahoo.com/mail_premium/stationery.html Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23323