Posted on 04/02/2008 7:40:57 AM PDT by vadum
Your ability to father children in exchange for a speedy gun permit.
Does this sound like a good deal to you?
According to the Saturday Washington Times article, "India uses gun license as sterilization incentive," it's actually happening in India:
Government officials in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have begun offering fast-track gun licenses to men who agree to undergo sterilization, so they will not feel less manly.Of course getting a firearms license is still easier in India than in the District of Columbia, where local laws make it virtually impossible. In India "tens of thousands of applications have been pending for years. To be eligible, an applicant has to prove that he faces a grievous threat to his life and does not have a criminal record," the article notes. (At least there's a waiting list in India, unlike D.C.)The region is part of Chambal Valley, notorious for its rampaging gangs of robbers and bandits, and many villagers desperately want to possess firearms. Vasectomy camps - regularly set up in many parts of the country as part of a solution to India's population explosion - often fail to meet their targets. Most men refuse to be sterilized, thinking the process strips them of their manliness.
The region has failed repeatedly to attract villagers to government family planning programs, said Maneesh Srivastava, chief administrator of the district of Shivpuri. "In fact, we never managed to meet even one-fourth the annual sterilization target." After a survey found that most men refused vasectomies because they did not want to lose their "manliness," the government adopted a new strategy. "We decided to match it with a bigger symbol of manliness: a gun license," Mr. Srivastava said, and "it has worked wonders."
But here's the money quote from the article: "Vasectomy camps are viewed with suspicion in India."
Only in India?
Nonprofit advocacy groups and foundations in the U.S. haven't said much yet on this innovative progressive approach that blends involuntary family planning with gun control, and has the side benefit of preventing the birth of a new generation of gun rights enthusiasts.
It is liberal, statist efficiency at its best.
But despite the policy's Nazi overtones, at least one U.S.-based group does favor vasectomizing the poor of the Third World. The Indian program has the support of Pathfinder International, which has received more than $600,000 in donations from the Palo Alto-based Erik E. & Edith H. Bergstrom Foundation since 2003.
(This post originally appeared at the blog of Capital Research Center.)
Wow! The ultimate phallic symbol, a gun, in exchange for a vasectomy. A psychologist could make a career out of studying this program.
After the Vasectomy, the guns may shoot blanks too!
hahaha, I’ve had a vasectomy for years and I don’t feel any less manly. In fact my woman enjoys it, takes the birth control off of her and no ‘little surprises’ at 41 years of age.
This is old news. This specifically is old news, and the entire period since WW II contains example after example of the efforts of the Eugenicists and the World Bank to reduce population. The one baby policy in China was one of those programs.
Gives new meaning to Cap-and-Trade...
—Of course getting a firearms license is still easier in India than in the District of Columbia, where local laws make it virtually impossible.—
1. Who on earth would want to live in DC in the first place, gun or no gun?
2. If you are so unfortunate as to be stuck in some crime-ridden armpit of Our Nation’s Capitol (Anacostia springs to mind) you can purchase a handgun as easily as crack or a stolen DVD player.
Just some thoughts.
In the western world where women are treated as equals, we have the exact opposite problem.
Ironic, isn't it?
Owning a hybrid vehicle.
Belonging to PETA.
Being gay.
Listening to NPR.
Being a Democrat.
Drinking lattes.
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