"I thought we were past that."I thought we were past that." "I thought we were, too, seventy years ago." He sighed gently. "The problem, Ken, lies in those people who, for whatever reason, are completely uninterested in people of their own species and opposite sex, particularly the females." "That's your last issue?" "It's still a big one. I've got four thousand fems across the ring who, for whatever reason, have no intention of breeding, ever. I don't care if they're lesbian or heterosexual or rhyshic or whatever. They just don't want to breed. The trouble is, there's a 'denial of diversity' movement that specifically targets these people." "'Denial of diversity?'" He sighed. "They're arguing that by staying out of the gene pool these people are denying their genetic material to future generations, and that they may be harboring the genes for genius, or talent, or whatever, and... Basically, it's a war of words. But these people, even the 'recalcitrant' males, are hurting because of it." I nodded. "Any hope? What about of a few gene projects? You know, borrow an egg or two, find a good home for it?" I was joking, of course, but there was an element of truth to what I said. "We do that. |