What a depressing letters page (HCN,
2/04/08)! Mr. Gardner speaks of an unsustainable
population, Bagley takes a cheap shot at large families, and
Williams is just plain mad at “enormous families.” These sentiments
are intolerant and hateful. They remind me of Einstein’s words:
“The most important decision you have to make is whether you live
in a friendly or hostile universe.” When humanity itself is viewed
as a plague upon this earth, that is a hostile universe view. We
all come from an enormous family; we are all branches on a tree
called Humanity. I am one of eight in my family. I am getting
married soon, and plan to have a large family, so my children will
be better adapted to deal with the larger family of humanity when
it becomes their turn to make this world, and the West, a better
place.
Damon Gibbons
Creede,
Colorado
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