tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post7276841694052795421..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: Tipping PointMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-79263082160677548602008-02-04T14:26:00.000-05:002008-02-04T14:26:00.000-05:00Am not familiar with Burgess ... though do remembe...Am not familiar with Burgess ... though do remember reading Swift's "Modest Proposal" on how the poverty damned Irish could help themselves by feeding their English masters.<BR/><BR/>A kind of Irish "Soylent Green" ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-16565062172978839972008-01-30T08:43:00.000-05:002008-01-30T08:43:00.000-05:00Okay, your new nickname is now "The Crumudgeonator...Okay, your new nickname is now "The Crumudgeonator"Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271155305943176738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-30880625646949745452008-01-30T07:55:00.000-05:002008-01-30T07:55:00.000-05:00Anthony Burgess took Malthusian ideas to the brink...Anthony Burgess took Malthusian ideas to the brink of absurdity and then tossed them over the edge. His "The Wanting Seed" is about the funniest and yet still makes you think about overpopulation I ever read. In Burgess' world homosexuality is pushed as being patriotic. Wars happen just to help decrease the population. And cannibalism is not really frowned upon.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-68793413052401911882008-01-30T06:52:00.000-05:002008-01-30T06:52:00.000-05:00Will Doctor Malthus please report to delivery, sta...Will Doctor Malthus please report to delivery, stat. Paging Dr. Malthus, delivery, stat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com