The New Math

The rabbi justified his fourteen (!) children by pointing out that the Kabbala views one's offspring as a single unit, ONE family (14 = 1). His one family will occupy 14 parcels of finite space (once it's gone, there will be no more), will consume 14 portions of limited (and ever-dwindling) natural resources, and will produce 14 quantities of mounting noxious waste (hold your nose!) Ignorance comes in many flavors--all of them poisonous.