Re: Re: The Mandatory Contraception Idea

Steve replied: "Mandatory contraception is a supremely stupid idea. It has been fully explored for us before… Of course, being a stupid idea, the Chinese Communists have embraced it wholeheartedly."

I’m not here to defend the ‘Chinese Communists,’ but calling them stupid is probably not the best choice of words. If they’re so stupid, they’re doing a surprising and remarkable job of slowly taking over the world, including the United States. Hell, every thing we buy is made there, and aren’t they buying up truckloads of our debt? Not exactly what I’d call the work of stupid people. Maybe the work of the world’s next empire… Anyway.

While Tucker may not be serious — and maybe he is, I don’t know — here’s the point that I see: Effectively controlling how people choose to utilize the functions of their own bodies is nearly impossible without taking drastic measures. The ironic thing about it is that enforcing mandatory contraception would probably require about as much effort as prosecuting every known instance of abortion to find those ‘morally justified’ in terminating a pregnancy.