Re:

On Sun, 9 Jun 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

I think it would take very few 'depopulation' incidents to improve manners. Humans, like rats, are very good at learning from others' mistakes.

A brief survey of history reveals that humans are more anxious to repeat the mistakes of their peers and forebearers than to learn from them. It's not that they don't learn, but fail to pass the wisdom on to their progeny. Not to mention that the average retention span is quite low. Or you could exhume the old argument that stupid people shouldn't breed. :-) ...Paul