There's even a perfect example of the inevitable "but" that causes a sentence to reverse itself in mid stride (emphasis added):
No one is in favour of governments dictating family size but we need to act quickly to prevent it.Translation: We are in favour of government dictating family size, so do what we say "voluntarily" or else.
So rarely does one see 1970s "affluence is a disease" delusions converge so neatly with the instincts of the totalitarian busybody.
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Four words: Chinese patent-infringement lawsuit.
It would seem that telling Englishmen and women to stop breeding is as pointless as telling them to start drinking too much or eating too many sweets. They're already not breeding enough -- if they were the country wouldn't have an immigration problem.
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