http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/ Should humanity phase itself out? Sat, 04 May 2013 23:40:21 GMT M http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4441 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4441 lMAO! this post was fantastically hilarious. Thank you... Now if only it was just a joke... The fact that it's not is just sad. ... [Non-text portions of this Sat, 04 May 2013 12:14:43 GMT Augie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4440 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4440 Mitt Romney's Advice for Recent Female Grads: "Have a Quiver Full of Kids" By Kristen Gwynne [2] May 3, 2013 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:05:30 GMT Augie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4439 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4439 Study: Men More Likely Than Women to be Depressed over Childlessness By Katie McDonough [2] April 13, 2013 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:44:22 GMT Gayle_Roller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4438 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4438 http://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=e3b914lcbpcfi#mail "Lessons which are not learned will be repeated"? I don't think the pseudo reincarnation Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:48:50 GMT K.A. Seland http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4437 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4437 Indi sky It took me a while to get past the thought process you seem to be in voluntary is far better than forced Each of us has lessons to learn before we can Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:06:43 GMT Alan Thomas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4436 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4436 I love this article, particularly one point that I think some of you forget: "Humans are part of nature and also have a space here". ... [Non-text portions of Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:18:58 GMT ES http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4435 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4435 Anybody seen this?http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9819441/Sir-David-Attenborough-wrong-on-human-plague.html I have seen some of what is described, Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:12:20 GMT kezia_jauron http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4434 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4434 I apologize for bursting in - just joined this group today after being on the other Yahoo group for a long time - but since you seem like a newbie too, maybe Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:33:34 GMT Monica http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4433 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4433 I agree, of course, about the fact that the instinct governs the reproduction in order to continue the species. But we are given also reason. Which we should Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:08:54 GMT Alan Thomas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4432 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4432 I think the premise of the question is skewed. I might ask: why must the desirability of an action be judged based on how logical or rational it is? If you Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:45:40 GMT ES http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4431 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4431 Answering my own question, on whether reproduction is logical, no it isn't, if you accept the statement that reproduction occurs because if it did not, life Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:17:00 GMT ES http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4430 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4430 Short answer is no. Long answer, we are biological creatures driven by evolutionary pressure to reproduce. The 'why' is simply that if we were not (compelled Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:44:47 GMT Les Knight http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4429 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4429 Logical reasons for creating more of us tend to be exploitative: for the benefit of others and not the new person. To help work on the farm, for example. Even Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:40:04 GMT Monica http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4428 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4428 Hello to everybody, I found myself thinking many times about a good, valid, rational reason to live and to give life to new creatures, but I could never find a Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:10:11 GMT Augie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4427 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Why_VHEMT/message/4427 An Ahimsa ThanXgiving Namaste Oh, no! Here it comes again! Those dreaded holidays where Vegans "waffle" between: A) Going to a family get-together and