Should it be legal for race to be a criteria in sperm donor request?

[DavidB.]

I should point out Atlas is the only place I've ever seen this be controversial.

Yeah, basically this. Of course it should be legal.

[DavidB.]

I'm against having children in today's day and age. Earth is already overpopulated, and people who want children can adopt (this is a preferable alternative regardless).

A significant of transnational adoption are stolen and/or bought children even in the third world, where we would think there was a oversupply.

[DavidB.]

[There are areas humans shouldn't live in as many numbers as they live, but that's really only a problem for the people living in those areas.  They can move to places more suitable to human beings, as they should.

Netherlands are swamps and sea floors from nature side, I personal think the Dutch have done better by not moving to a places more suitable to human beings.

I'm not really sure what you mean? You're happy that Dutch people don't live in areas that are suitable to human beings? Regardless of what you meant, the Dutch invented ways to tackle similar problems centuries and centuries ago, and I have no doubt we will be perfectly fine even if there will be a major sea level rise. (On this topic, a PVV MP once made what was probably the rudest joke/personal attack that has ever taken place in our parliament: he said we should simply lay this "large" female GreenLeft MP in front of the dyke, which will then stop the water. )

Of course, sea level rise will affect densely populated areas in the "third world" the most. (I don't think dead0man was really talking about the Netherlands.) That is worrisome, and I'm pretty sceptical about turning the tide. In the meantime, I am all for sharing the technologies we have, for instance with Bangladesh.