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Quite possibly the most amazing TED talk ever...
His Lordship:
--- Quote from: Rachellove9 on April 15, 2013, 12:50:29 pm ---Population control in any way is just wrong.
Giving into a government that wants to legally kill, stop, or control what people do in the way of family is terrible.
You even slightly suggesting that it is a good thing makes me question if you want us to practice the ideology of antihumanism.
My post might be off-topic but just the same the belief that the human race is a horde of rats whose unconstrained aspirations and appetites endanger the natural order, and that measures are necessary to constrain population to save the Earth is morally wrong.
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I have to respectfully disagree with you Rachel.
There are too many humans, more than the planet can sustain in the long-term.
I would never endorse an act of genocide, but we do need to reproduce in a sustainable way and aim for a population decrease.
Any family that wants to exceed two children is either selfish or does not know the dilemma we face.
Rachel, the first 3 minutes are adequate viewing for you to understand my concern.
But please watch as much as you can.
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth (FULL)
The summary of it is at 11:45:
"If we don't control human population voluntarily, life could end in misery; the productive capacity of the Earth has physical limits, and those limits will ultimately determine how many human beings it can support"
Rachellove9:
It was only 1:44 to watch.
I watched and didn't see anything at all that changes my view.
Of course we can't be just like gumball machine and pop kids out like it doesn't matter.
But that choice is mine and not for someone else to make for me.
Much like abortion is between the dr and the woman, I feel that birth is a family matter and between the woman and her mate.
I've looked in to adopting children from other countries.
If I can afford to adopt or have my own 6 to 12 children, then who should come to me and say I'm wrong.
My issue with having more than 3 or 4 children is that the children wouldn't have the one on one time with me.
I am not from Africa or have any connection with Africa other than a deep compassion for them and send them money.
I don't approve of the USA's trade policies that included the limitation of a pesticide that wasn't allowed to be used.
It's ban has caused billions of Africans to die and I feel that the USA is responsible for it.
Population control is one of the things I'm passionately against.
I feel in the end the population will be controlled by natural disaster, sickness, wars and ect.
His Lordship:
Humans cannot trust themselves to be responsible.
In theory I could have zero children (out of concern for the population) and all it takes is for one dumb teen girl to push out four children, and she has TOTALLY undone my life efforts.
--- Quote ---If I can afford to adopt or have my own 6 to 12 children, then who should come to me and say I'm wrong.
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This comes at a cost. You're thinking from a cellular family view, which I understand.
But you're part of a global community as well and we're all in this together.
What if everyone made that decision? It's not sustainable.
Already, our current population exceeds Earth's capacity to provide, and yet you want us to GROW?
Let me clarify this: Freedom to choose means the population will grow Rachel.
Most people want at least two kids.
Say there is no regulation, and we keep growing.
There will be a mass population decrease due to lack of water and food.
If you're happy to ride it out until disaster strikes and then live with the effects of it, that's where we're different.
I want to prevent it rather than deal with it.
For my whole life I will be a supporter of population control.
I can't think of anything more selfish than people wanting big families at the cost of precious resources.
Every child you have comes at the cost of human life in the future.
You're taking out a loan you cannot repay.
Mojo:
Very interesting, never thought cattle could be a solution!
I'm still confused about what the cattle eat right at the start tho if they are basically in a desert O_o
His Lordship:
One more movie for you Rachel. A short one this time.
David Suzuki speaks about overpopulation