Re: The GZG Digest V1 #884

Reminds me of C.M. Kornbluth's story "The Marching Morons".
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From: dadams@parracity.nsw.gov.au <dadams@parracity.nsw.gov.au>
To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Sunday, May 14, 2000 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: The GZG Digest V1 #884

>
>>but assuming there's any kind of "human rights" groups even
>>the uber-nations might shy from doing something that blatent.
>>
>>Assuming none will do that -- or even just using the NAC as an example
--
>>the real question is "what does it cost to support this person on
Earth
for
>>the rest of their life?" and "can they provide us with enough services
to
>>pay us back?"  Once the cost of transporting a person to a colony
world
>>becomes less than the cost to provide them with a basic standard of
living
>>for 50+ years, just ship 'em out!
>
>There is a disturbing story from Terry Dowling's "Blue Dyson" series
that
covers
>that. The Ab'O (neo Australian Aborigional ) princes on the space
colonies
had
>limited colonial space for non Ab'O settlers. The propoganda said they
would be
>second class citizens, but they would be in space. Limited comunication
was
>allowed with those still on earth, mostly saying how good space was and
the
>people earthside should join them.
>
>It turns out that the Ab'O where spacing them in once on the orbital
stations
>for some religous reason (Ab'O culture is scary anyway, so its not
beyond
them
>to do this, and being the most powerful race on earth, generally get
away
with
>things like this).
>
>Darryl
>
>
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