Subj : Re: Canadian oil
To   : Digital Man
From : richardw
Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 18:59:00

  Re: Re: Canadian oil
  By: Digital Man to Angus McLeod on Fri Sep 02 2005 12:48 pm

 >  >  >  >  > you're not Amish, by any chance?
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > No, why?
 >  >  >
 >  >  > What is wrong with the Amish lifestyle?
 >  >
 >  > Since you are the first person to imply that there *is* something wrong
 >  > with the Amish lifestyle, perhaps YOU should say what?
 > 
 > I'll say what: their inbreeding is causing an abnormally high occurance of
 > birth defects and retardation in their children. And since they're
 > anti-technology, they refuse to use proven methods of detecting defects in
 > embryos (possibly in time to abort) or genetic testing to determine who
 > shouldn't be having kids with whom. They don't believe in birth control (or
 > abortion), so they continue to have tons of defective children. It's very sa

This may be true, but genetic abnormalities can manifest themselves in 
different ways... perhaps they'll produce the next Einstein!

:-)

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