First there was e-mail spam. Although I’ve been getting a massive influx of it lately, between SpamAssasin and Thunderbird I’m coping okay. (P.S. if you receive spam from [email protected], it’s not me, I swear!)

Then there was comment spam. I was (and am) mildly annoyed, but Akismet is awesome.

But now I’m being spammed on my mobile phone! Some months ago a crazy marketing company called me and lots of other people to try to get us to use some premium 1900 service. Today I got a missed call from 0381029565, and 4 Wise Monkeys confirms that it’s the same firm doing the same thing. Again. Grrr.

I was considering ranting about a few different things today, such as the rained-out Anzac Day parade, the worrying developments in US copyright law (that may well be copied over here), or the UN’s rather depressing new report on human trafficking.

But then I read today’s newspaper and saw the full-page ad by some crackpot in western Sydney that’s trying to get people to go and pop out a few more kids.

What the?!

How on earth do these people figure that (assuming their campaign is wildly successful) an Australia of 25 million will be able to achieve anything that the Australia of 20 million cannot?

Fortunately, the site’s forums seem to have already been hijacked by people who agree

Update 26 Apr: It seems the crackpots don’t like to hear dissenting opinions — they went and pulled the forums from the site. Also, see some other comments on the ad.