Re: Vampire dialogue again

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Not necessarily, if Vampires are a small enough minority, humans could
> be adequate food sources, at least, if Vampires were nomadic.  If blood
> isn't their *only* food source, they could even conceivably live a
> settled life.
>
>
>> after a mathematically-minded Sime (vampire) who first worked out the
>> inevitability of extirpation as the Sime population rises.
>
>
> Are they immortal?  If not, couldn't they simply use an equivalent of
> birth control to keep their population stable?
Ah, but who would use the birth control and who wouldn't?

Actually, the Sime~Gen situation is rather different.  The children of
Simes have a 1/3 probability of being Gen, and vice versa.  Gens
therefore live in a heavily armed peace, ready to slaughter their
children (until puberty, the two are indistinguishable) at a
moment's notice.

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