Marching Off to War, A Few Million Sperm Short

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Marching Off to War, A Few Million Sperm Short

Perhaps the way to peace in Lebanon is to institute a regular ritual of banking sperm for soldiers going off to war, not so that they can father posthumous children but so that they have, well, less sperm.

posted Aug 9, 2006 | link | jump to the comments (2)

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Perhaps the way to peace in Lebanon is for the right of Israel to exist be recognized by Hizbollah and others who pose an existential threat to Israel.

- by Frederick Stone on Aug 9, 2006 at 12:47 PM | link

Presumably efforts such as this will be opposed by anyone who opposes gay adoption. After all, freezing a soldier's semen is a step towards intentionally creating a child that doesn't have the "normal" complement of one mother and one father.

- by Chris MacDonald on Aug 9, 2006 at 2:39 PM | link

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