[LouAvul]

I remember reading a letter from a Roman soldier in the field to his wife in Rome. He asked how she was doing in her pregnancy and that if the baby was a girl, to kill it, but if a boy, let it live. He said it as casually as telling her how to pay the cable bill.

[wildbill]

Today it could be a letter from a Chinese soldier to his wife about following the ‘one child per family policy” of the People’s Republic.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

[Nowhere Man]

I remember reading a letter from a Roman soldier in the field to his wife in Rome. He asked how she was doing in her pregnancy and that if the baby was a girl, to kill it, but if a boy, let it live. He said it as casually as telling her how to pay the cable bill.

There is a side of me that wishes I had a time travelling DeLorean so I can go back in time and find this guy. I'd like to go up and whoop him on the side of the head and say, "hey, doofus, you need both girl and boy babies to bring about the next generation." Plus you have the moral/ethical issue of infanticide as well.