On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 09:59:47AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > begin Shawn McMahon quotation: > > > Meanwhile, a few less girl babies get drowned because their parents > > can't feed them. > > As I understand it, Chinese families that drown their baby daughters do > so because the Chinese government limits them to one child, and a son is > considered more desireable in Chinese culture. Being able to afford to > feed them is not really the point; the combination of Chinese population > control efforts and Chinese culture is. > > Craig >
To all those discussing Economics & economies: Ummm... just wondering, but "debian-user" anyone? -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
