Letters to the Editor
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sigh
Look, I'd be perfectly happy to make it to 60. It's just that, I wouldn't be at all surprised if we are faced with famine right here in the good ol' USA within our lifetimes. The icecaps are melting at a phenomenal rate, the climate has changed dramatically, the oceans are nearly fished out, and deserts are taking over. Field biologists nowadays think of their jobs as 'documenting the decline'. You can attack
the messenger if you want, but that won't bring back the fish and the forests.
I simply can't explain these things away to myself or to anyone else.
I'm sorry that you can't have kids, whoever you are out there, I'm not trying to hurt your feelings; I'm really not. Two of my dearest friends just had a beautiful daughter after years of heartbreak. Their one child may have a decent future, but for most children in most places, the future's pretty bleak. And the more of them there are, the bleaker it gets. I wish it wasn't so.
If it makes you feel better, I can pretty much guarantee that there won't be any pessimistic, insensitive little SB's running around in the future, my partner and I are in total agreement on that one.
Snide remarks, anyone?