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Subject: Re: Imported woman's Fox Fur Coats
Message-ID: <3833@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 15:46:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 25 15:46:23 1987
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In article <143@bacchus.DEC.COM> glenn@decwrl.UUCP (Glenn Thain) writes:
$ [...]
$      Christ Greg, if they're being sold as *coats* you already missed the
$ boat! I suppose you'd rather they sat in a warehouse gathering moths. I
$ seriously doubt that a fox parent is particularly interested in the welfare
$ of their offspring after a certain period. Survival of the fittest and all 
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
$ that.
$ 
$ [...]

You missed another boat, Glenn.  Whoever coined the phrase "survival
of the fittest" did not mean "might makes right".  It meant those
who are not fit to survive will not live long enough to reproduce
and thus the gene pool will be changed this way.  It is not a
philosophy to justify deliberate behavior of anyone's.

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