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December 9th 1981 to 1982

Reproduction

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John K. Gilbert.

There are no copyright laws
on the human form or spirit. |

- For some reason that>leads

most people to think that they
should just go ahead and
reproduce. It is not like
taping the hockey game on
the old Betamax. Reproduc-
ing humans is a lot easier.
and a lot more fun for those
who are not hockey addicts.
There is still the problem of
the quality of reproduction
though. Although the form is
not too much problem - not
toomuch problem, that is, for
those mothers who do not
insist on their right to cont-
inue their favourite bad hab-
its such as consumption of
alcohol, caffeine, nicotine,
barbiturates, etc. - the more
elusive aspects of what it is
to be human are a little more
difficult to deal with. Not only
can mother’s bad _ habits af-
fect the child’s in utero devel-
opment, but both the parents’
bad habits, especially those
of thought, or lack thereof,
can adversely affect the
child’s development. In some
of these cases the repro-
duction can be too faithful for
the benefit of anyone, except
of course the benefit of the
parent in terms of ego grat-
ification. Most parents don’t
really care about the potential
child before it is created.
The reason that they -don’t

~ really care is that the child is

not being produced  con-
sciously for either the benefit
of itself or the human race as

~ awhole. It is being produced

for the benefit of the parent.

Perhaps the main semi-
conscious (as opposed to fully
conscious that is the result of

a long affectve and reasoning
process, or completely un-
conscious in terms of basic
instinct which is itself more
motivated by sensual grat-
ification) reason for repro-
duction is that of conformity.
| hear the chorus of bleats of

protest; | have been hearing
them from the beginning.
The desire to fit in with the

rest of society for the mere
sake of doing so is one of the

most despicable motive that |
can think of (second only to
the desire to destroy society
for the mere sake of doing so

and on a perfect par with
being different from society
for the mere sake of doing
so). Other less-than-altruistic

motives for reproduction are}.

to have someone around in
your old age (that one doesn’t
appear. to pan out in our

society anyhow), to have
someone to love because no

one else-appear to (with this |

motive, it is easy to see why
no one else takes the spont-
anaity out of the act of
making love (who the hell
says it has to be spontaneous,
some of my best relationships
with the opposite sex have
been quite premeditated. on
both parties’ sides).

In light of these considera-
tions of parenthood, the all
too common _ response . to
one’s .declaration of non-
parenthood and continued
non parenthood + of ‘‘How
selfish’’, seems a little sus-
pect to say the least. | can
hear parents repeatedly com-
plaining of the pains of
parenthood, often in earshot
of their confused and hurt
looking offspring. This con-
fusion and hurt has been
faithfully reproduced in them’
because their hurt and con-
fused parents somehow sem
to prefer hurt and confusion
to thinking.

_.|-hope to have-a child. or

more one of these days. But I.
will not do so until | find a
partner who is willing to
ensure, with me, that the
offspring of our union can
have a reasonable intellect-
ual, emotional, and financial
start in life. The financial

 

rite laws here

part of that does not mean\

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that | am prepared to become

a real estate salesperson or‘

something like that to allow
me to reproduce. | would not
want to add to our already
Overparasitised sociey any-
more with a parasitic, exploi-

tive attitude. The females in

our culture especially get
repeatedly shit upon by well
meaning members of this
glorious forward looking so-
ciety of ours for choosing not
to reproduce. But then our
society generally takes a lib-
eral crap on anyone that
makes an informed choice
that the crapper does not
understand (because he or
she is not informed in most

‘cases).

 

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NOW YOURE 19.
YOU THINK YOU
HAVE A CHOICE
IN TOMORROW?
WELL...

So you're on the Provincial Voter's List.
You think you have the right to choose
just because you've registered to vote?
You're crazy. Just look at your nearest
Legislature or Goverment Agency.
Put it off. Don't do it
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