[Loser]

Originally posted by Starhawk:
... I would never seek to kill another person unless they threatened the life of a person I loved or myself and even then I would most likely try and just disable them instead of kill them.

Depending on what state you live in it might be better to just kill them. Check and see if you have a Make My Day law.

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
there's another option for population control: self-control.

Self Control is and illusion. The effect you are actually describing is an effect of peer pressure and so depends heavily on the folk to which you peer. After all, I call it Self Control when I get my inhibitions under control enough to do the sorts of things that rid one of one's virginity.

Originally posted by Narratio:
Genghis Khan took his lads for a stroll across Europe for perfectly good reasons in his opinion.

That would be Batu Khan.

Thanks for the link Erax. You've definitely got me there. It's often said these days that we are moving closer to Brave New World than 1984, but I'm fairly sure both of them were good Self-Preventing Prophecies.

[ December 11, 2003, 12:39: Message edited by: Loser ]