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Article: Baby sham
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 19, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Babies, babies, babies. There's a plague of babies. Too many
rabbits or elephants or mustangs or swans brings out the
myxomatosis, the culling guns, the sterility drugs, the scientific
brigade of egg smashers. Other species can "strain their
environments" or "overrun their range" or clash with their human
"neighbours", but human babies are always welcome at life's
banquet. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome - Live Long and Consume! You
can't draw the line when it comes to babies because. . . where are
you going to draw the line? Consider having none or one and be sure
to stop after two the organisation Zero Population Growth suggests
politely. Can barely hear them what with all the babies squalling. ...