sexaddedwithhumanfantasy-anicchemicalreas-whichwereinstilledintohimatbirth．Hispeniswasstillhardandstraightasadrytwig．Inaimespeoplerubbedtwodriedstickstogethertoproducefire．Wouldhispenisburstintofmesifherrubbedittinuously?AtDimitri’sagehewasnumbtothepassionsofromanticlove，thoughheretaihoselustyanimalneedsforsex,coupledwithhumanfantasy,thanic,chemieedswhichwereinstilledintohimatbirth．Hedidnotrequireactualfulfillmentofhisdesires．Acertaindegreeofimpulsewasenoughtokeephisfleshbodyinastateofhappihebranchesdidnothavetoberubbedtilltheyburstintofmes．AtDimitri’sage，loveanditspassionsweremeanihoughhestillretaihelustyneedsofanimalimpulseswithwhichallmenwereborn．Animalsdonotuandthepleasuresoftheascetic．Themouseholewasanook，likethemiddleoftheletterY．Toperpetuateitsspecies，itneededsex．Dimitriwonderedhowlongheaintainhispresentphysicaldition．Perhapsonedayhetoowouldbelikethedriedupbranch,withnofantasyofloveorsexualdrive．Hewouldthehepleasuresoftheascetic.As,theascetidtheuninhibitedbothstimutethefleshbodyandmakeithappy．Dimitrithenthoughtofthevegetationworld．Sexlesspollinationwouldmakelifesimpleandisperhapsthereasevity．Ifonlytreescouldthink,itwouldbeideal．Ifpartofatreehadthefacultyofthinking,itcouldfindjoyinptingthesereranquillityofnatureandlivehundredsofyears．Thatwouldbewonderful.Butalso，vegetationhasnothought．That’sthefwthatmarsitsperfe．However，Dimitrithoughthewassatisfiedtobewhathewas-afleshandbloodmammal!Heyawnedagain．Itwasstilltooearly,bettergobacktosleepandseeifaingdreamswouldetohim．Hispeniswasstillhardasabrandasstraight．

    Aishasatreadingatherwhiteiniddeskgildedingold．Dornawasquietlytakingoutandthumbihebooksinthebookcasesthatlihewallsoftheroomfromfloortoceiling．Herpinksocksweresoundlessonthepinkcarpet,onlytheflippingofthepagesbroketheserenesilence．OccasionallyAishawouldgnceupfromherreadingtoseewhatDornawasdoingandsmileather．

    4

    "Lookatthis!"Doredvoiceexcimed．"Isn’titcute?"Sheheldupabookwithpicturesofafetusgrowingiher’swomb,fromatioafull-grown，newlybornbaby．

    "What’sseaboutthat?It’sonknowledge.”

    "KingDimitriooldmethatpeoplenowadaysabortbabiesatthedropofahatascasuallyastakingsomethingoutoftheirpocketsandthrowingitintothegarbage．Icouldn’tuanditatthetime．Ididn’tknowthegesofafetusiher’swombweresofantastic!Howcouldpeopleabortit?”

    "ItisnotsurprisingthatakilemanlikeKingDimitriwouldbeanti-abortion，butunfortunately,intheworldtodayprolificacyofpoputionandscarcityofnaturalresourceshavemadeabortionaablephenomenonofthemodernworld．agineaworldwithtoomanypeopleandnootherlivinganimal?ThatiswhyIstresstheyofbirth-trol．Butthen，youneverknowwhetherthebabyyoudidn’thavewasagenius!ermitmillionsofaveragebabiestobeborn,buttomissageniuslikeKingDimitriwouldbeagreatlosstotheworld．IfthereweremoreKingDimitris，theywouldbuildabeautifulnewworld，wherelifewouldbebetter，richerandmoremeaningful．Inmypointofview,thoughIamallforbirth-trolIamnotpro-choice．Ibelieveabortionisnecessaryforvictimsofrape，iandothermedicalreasons．Butforthosewhobeepregnantbecausetheirbirth-trolmeth

sexaddedwithhumanfantasy-anicchemicalreas-whichwereinstilledintohimatbirth．Hispeniswasstillhardandstraightasadrytwig．Inaimespeoplerubbedtwodriedstickstogethertoproducefire．Wouldhispenisburstintofmesifherrubbedittinuously?AtDimitri’sagehewasnumbtothepassionsofromanticlove，thoughheretaihoselustyanimalneedsforsex,coupledwithhumanfantasy,thanic,chemieedswhichwereinstilledintohimatbirth．Hedidnotrequireactualfulfillmentofhisdesires．Acertaindegreeofimpulsewasenoughtokeephisfleshbodyinastateofhappihebranchesdidnothavetoberubbedtilltheyburstintofmes．AtDimitri’sage，loveanditspassionsweremeanihoughhestillretaihelustyneedsofanimalimpulseswithwhichallmenwereborn．Animalsdonotuandthepleasuresoftheascetic．Themouseholewasanook，likethemiddleoftheletterY．Toperpetuateitsspecies，itneededsex．Dimitriwonderedhowlongheaintainhispresentphysicaldition．Perhapsonedayhetoowouldbelikethedriedupbranch,withnofantasyofloveorsexualdrive．Hewouldthehepleasuresoftheascetic.As,theascetidtheuninhibitedbothstimutethefleshbodyandmakeithappy．Dimitrithenthoughtofthevegetationworld．Sexlesspollinationwouldmakelifesimpleandisperhapsthereasevity．Ifonlytreescouldthink,itwouldbeideal．Ifpartofatreehadthefacultyofthinking,itcouldfindjoyinptingthesereranquillityofnatureandlivehundredsofyears．Thatwouldbewonderful.Butalso，vegetationhasnothought．That’sthefwthatmarsitsperfe．However，Dimitrithoughthewassatisfiedtobewhathewas-afleshandbloodmammal!Heyawnedagain．Itwasstilltooearly,bettergobacktosleepandseeifaingdreamswouldetohim．Hispeniswasstillhardasabrandasstraight．

    Aishasatreadingatherwhiteiniddeskgildedingold．Dornawasquietlytakingoutandthumbihebooksinthebookcasesthatlihewallsoftheroomfromfloortoceiling．Herpinksocksweresoundlessonthepinkcarpet,onlytheflippingofthepagesbroketheserenesilence．OccasionallyAishawouldgnceupfromherreadingtoseewhatDornawasdoingandsmileather．

    4

    "Lookatthis!"Doredvoiceexcimed．"Isn’titcute?"Sheheldupabookwithpicturesofafetusgrowingiher’swomb,fromatioafull-grown，newlybornbaby．

    "What’sseaboutthat?It’sonknowledge.”

    "KingDimitriooldmethatpeoplenowadaysabortbabiesatthedropofahatascasuallyastakingsomethingoutoftheirpocketsandthrowingitintothegarbage．Icouldn’tuanditatthetime．Ididn’tknowthegesofafetusiher’swombweresofantastic!Howcouldpeopleabortit?”

    "ItisnotsurprisingthatakilemanlikeKingDimitriwouldbeanti-abortion，butunfortunately,intheworldtodayprolificacyofpoputionandscarcityofnaturalresourceshavemadeabortionaablephenomenonofthemodernworld．agineaworldwithtoomanypeopleandnootherlivinganimal?ThatiswhyIstresstheyofbirth-trol．Butthen，youneverknowwhetherthebabyyoudidn’thavewasagenius!ermitmillionsofaveragebabiestobeborn,buttomissageniuslikeKingDimitriwouldbeagreatlosstotheworld．IfthereweremoreKingDimitris，theywouldbuildabeautifulnewworld，wherelifewouldbebetter，richerandmoremeaningful．Inmypointofview,thoughIamallforbirth-trolIamnotpro-choice．Ibelieveabortionisnecessaryforvictimsofrape，iandothermedicalreasons．Butforthosewhobeepregnantbecausetheirbirth-trolmeth