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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on September 22, 2011, 12:13:09 pm ---"When Jeffrey Kluger was in his 20s, out of his family nest and settling into a career as a journalist in New York City, his longtime girlfriend suggested that perhaps his extreme emotional expenditure on his three brothers—with whom he spent his free time hanging out or chatting on the phone—would be best devoted elsewhere. When Kluger mentioned her comment to his brother Bruce, he received a simple, damning reply: 'Yoko.'"
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Hunh? ???
--- Quote ---"Why the hard sell on siblinghood? Kluger is unabashed about the fact that his book's mission is to argue for what he calls the 'sibling ideal.' In his view, 'as long as mom and dad are able to breed and support more young, they may as well keep having them.' It's an unlikely stance for a science reporter who should know well the psychological, environmental, and financial costs of large families. And it places The Sibling Effect in an emerging canon of books, invariably written by men, arguing that women should have more children. These books tend to fall into one of three categories: 1. It's better for your kids, e.g. Kluger. 2. It's better for you, e.g. Bryan Caplan's Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids. 3. It's better for society, e.g. Philip Longman's The Empty Cradle.
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And I bet all these authors, even any not mentioned here, are all white guys? 8)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on September 22, 2011, 07:00:13 pm ---We need closer oceans. ;D
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We'll have 'em once the polar caps are melted. 8)
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on September 23, 2011, 01:38:03 pm ---And I bet all these authors, even any not mentioned here, are all white guys? 8)
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Trust me, white ain't got nuthin' to do with it.
Front-Ranger:
That's certainly true. There are proponents of large families among all nationalities and ethnic groups, except for Caucasians and some Asian peoples. In fact, because the white and Asian populations are shrinking or not growing very fast is one reason the white guys are writing books and exhorting. These are the two groups with the highest educational rate, too. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Jeff Wrangler:
Scratch these white authors advocating that whites should have lots more children deeply enough and you'll find a racist afraid of the white population being "overwhelmed" by the nonwhite population. They used to be more open about that before racism became socially unacceptable in mainstream circles.
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