Posted by Dinah on August 8, 2006, at 9:45:26
In reply to Re: people in Rowanda... Dinah, Gabbi-G, Phillipa, posted by Estella on August 8, 2006, at 9:17:23
The ills of Western civilization, I suppose.
I'm ok with discussing the pros and cons, I think there are both.
But I don't want to go into whether medicalizing childbirth and reducing maternal deaths by over 99% and infant deaths by who knows how much is a good thing. For one thing, my son would most certainly be dead if not for the current trend in childbirth, and I may well be. My best friend would most certainly have died with her first child, and would never have had her next three wonderful children. And in general, I am opposed to the historical notion, however unspoken, that women are acceptable losses in the drive to propagate the species. I don't romanticize childbirth in the least. Yeah, some of our ancestors might have squatted in the field and popped out a baby, but all too many died in that field.
I'd just as soon object to the development of a smallpox vaccine or penicillin.
If your objections to Western civilization reach that far, I don't see much benefit in my continuing the discussion.
That's all.
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