Mark Steyn: 2007: The year that anti-humanism became respectable.

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Mark Steyn: 2007: The year that anti-humanism became respectable.

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But here's something new that took hold in the year 2007: A radical antihumanism, long present just below the surface, bobbed up and became explicit and respectable. In Britain, the Optimum Population Trust said that "the biggest cause of climate change is climate changers – in other words, human beings," and professor John Guillebaud called on Britons to voluntarily reduce the number of children they have.

Last week, in the Medical Journal of Australia, Barry Walters went further: To hell with this wimp-o pantywaist "voluntary" child-reduction. Professor Walters wants a "carbon tax" on babies, with, conversely, "carbon credits" for those who undergo sterilization procedures.

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http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/12/after-20-years-hamas-remains-on-message.html