And, yes, I DO take it personally: In Belarus - "A Modest Proposal" a la Alexander Swift

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Thursday, June 02, 2005

In Belarus - "A Modest Proposal" a la Alexander Swift

A Belarusian parliamentarian proposed Thursday to introduce a law allowing forced sterilization of citizens, Interfax reports. This way the state will avoid the birth of handicapped children instead of having to support them, Sergei Kostyan claims.

“This law will be a strict warning for those whose sexual life is disgustingly promiscuous,” Sergei Kostyan said at a meeting dedicated to problems of state-supported children.

“Everyone is talking about humanism, but is it humane to watch children of promiscuous parents suffer?” the MP asked.

lessee... if "promiscuous parents" takes on a negative religious connotation, could this happen here...? nah... in bushworld, there is no such thing as "state-supported children..."

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