At 04:41 PM Friday 5/16/2008, Deborah Harrell wrote: >I think Dr. Phlox's folk might have an interesting >point in their group marriage approach...wasn't each >person married to 3 others? Now *that* would lead to >wild family reunions! :)
Not to mention a market for king-size or larger beds. >Debbi >who would, if given Q powers, prevent anyone from >having/siring children until age 22 or so (which would >also nearly eliminate the problem of birth-related >fistulas that devastate thousands of child brides) OTOH from an evolutionary viewpoint fistulas being a major concern is a relatively recent development compared with the need to produce sufficient offspring soon enough that there will be enough to survive to childbearing age themselves in order to keep the species going before the child bride in question is eaten by a sabre-tooth tiger, hence the reason that such a change has not already occurred without the intervention of QDebbi . . . Horse-Training Intelligent Designer Maru . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
