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Lazy8
Location: The Gallatin Valley of Montana Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 4:54pm |
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ScottN wrote:In spades. My occasional Q: Why has not overpopulation been part of the cultural/political dialogue for even longer than global warming! Our planet passed its carrying capacity, in many people's opinion, after WWII. A great majority of the world's problems, imo, have their root cause in over population. That question has been asked for decades, but the people who are most passionate about answering have only wrong answers. Every population alarmist has been wrong on just about everything: long-term growth rates, the ability of food production to keep up, the dystopian futures they predicted. Yes, many people thought that. They were wrong. They're still wrong. the sky hasn't fallen and isn't about to. The more we understand about population dynamics the less we worry about it.
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 3:40pm |
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ScottN wrote: oldslabsides wrote: I would think a simple examination of population growth statistics would suffice.
In spades. My occasional Q: Why has not overpopulation been part of the cultural/political dialogue for even longer than global warming! Our planet passed its carrying capacity, in many people's opinion, after WWII. A great majority of the world's problems, imo, have their root cause in over population. Who has the most children? Religious people? Bam! Next question!
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Dec 5, 2012 - 3:40pm |
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ScottN wrote:In spades. My occasional Q: Why has not overpopulation been part of the cultural/political dialogue for even longer than global warming! Our planet passed its carrying capacity, in many people's opinion, after WWII. A great majority of the world's problems, imo, have their root cause in over population.
Because we can't talk about this elephant in the room seriously for long before someone decides that anyone advocating population control is advocating a Nazi eugenics program. Yes, the simple fact of the matter is that there are too many humans using/demanding too many resources and continued growth is utterly unsustainable.
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ScottN
Location: Half inch above the K/T boundary Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 3:36pm |
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oldslabsides wrote: I would think a simple examination of population growth statistics would suffice.
In spades. My occasional Q: Why has not overpopulation been part of the cultural/political dialogue for even longer than global warming! Our planet passed its carrying capacity, in many people's opinion, after WWII. A great majority of the world's problems, imo, have their root cause in over population.
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 3:32pm |
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miamizsun wrote:i've heard that india is a baby making machine
can anyone confirm this?
Do you know where I can get one? Are they IOS compatible?
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Dec 5, 2012 - 3:27pm |
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miamizsun wrote:i've heard that india is a baby making machine
can anyone confirm this?
I would think a simple examination of population growth statistics would suffice.
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MsJudi
Location: Houston, TX Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 3:24pm |
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miamizsun wrote:i've heard that india is a baby making machine
can anyone confirm this?
Yes. Yes, I can. I've visited the factory.
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miamizsun
Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP) Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 3:03pm |
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i've heard that india is a baby making machine
can anyone confirm this?
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Manbird
Location: La Villa Toscana Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:56am |
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kurtster wrote: thanks - I just put disc 1 in my NF Q - also disc 1 of The Invaders.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:54am |
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kurtster wrote: Wow.
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MsJudi
Location: Houston, TX Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:39am |
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shmgeggie wrote:All we need to do is change the human genome to make us all really really tiny, like a foot tall or so. Then we'd use way fewer resources. Cats will be a problem, though. My brilliant plan might just work if we all carry laser pointers to distract the cats.
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kurtster
Location: where fear is not a virtue Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:39am |
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shmgeggie wrote:All we need to do is change the human genome to make us all really really tiny, like a foot tall or so. Then we'd use way fewer resources. Cats will be a problem, though. My brilliant plan might just work if we all carry laser pointers to distract the cats.
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RASPUTIN
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:35am |
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JrzyTmata wrote: GENIUS! Then there would be the lawsuits.
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pigtail
Location: Southern California Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:32am |
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JrzyTmata wrote: GENIUS! Agreed.......lol
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JrzyTmata
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:28am |
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shmgeggie wrote:All we need to do is change the human genome to make us all really really tiny, like a foot tall or so. Then we'd use way fewer resources. Cats will be a problem, though. My brilliant plan might just work if we all carry laser pointers to distract the cats.
GENIUS!
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shmgeggie
Location: Spokane, WA Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 10:25am |
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All we need to do is change the human genome to make us all really really tiny, like a foot tall or so. Then we'd use way fewer resources. Cats will be a problem, though. My brilliant plan might just work if we all carry laser pointers to distract the cats.
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MsJudi
Location: Houston, TX Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 9:50am |
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aflanigan wrote:
No, I'm not an eugenicist. I think eugenics is a misguided philosophy based on dubious science and prone to serious ethical abuses. I would be very wary of governments, or politicians, promoting policies intended to advance the human race through selective breeding.
Telling someone you don't even know to encourage their child to adopt rather than have a child is beyond your prevue, IMO. That's what I was referring to. You're the one who (IMO, ridiculously) brought eugenics into this. I hope one day that my daughter will choose to have children, too. Eugenics has zero to do with that hope. Being a grandmother has everything to do with it. And you, dear Rpeep, have zip, nada, bubpkis to do with it, ever.
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aflanigan
Location: At Sea Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 9:45am |
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MsJudi wrote: Seriously? You're wise enough to get all up in people's very private choices like this?
No, I'm not an eugenicist. I think eugenics is a misguided philosophy based on dubious science and prone to serious ethical abuses. I would be very wary of governments, or politicians, promoting policies intended to advance the human race through selective breeding.
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aflanigan
Location: At Sea Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 9:40am |
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hippiechick wrote: I encourage my daughter to do what makes her happy
That's probably the wisest course.
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hippiechick
Location: topsy turvy land Gender:
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Dec 5, 2012 - 9:31am |
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aflanigan wrote: Eugenics involved, inter alia, promoting the breeding of "superior" genetic canditates and suppressing the breeding/reproduction of "inferior" genetic candidates. Why not encourage your daughter to simply adopt an orphan?
I encourage my daughter to do what makes her happy
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