Population Control

[Bahama Mama]

The world's population has tripled in the last century alone. Some experts in the field of population growth believe that we are steadily approaching a period where the demands of the earth's population will outpace the resources of the earth itself. See Malthusian Catastrophe

Do you think that a one-child policy (like it is in China) should be introduced to Western societies to slow global population growth, particularly since Western societies are largely consumer rather than producing societies? Would any of you personally adhere to a one child policy in your own societies?

[bernie]

folks with too much time on their hands tend to breed alot.
give them something to do...dagnamit!!!
folks that have to work or is always busy don't have to be making
a lot of babies.
there was this woman on the news the other day seeking help for her 16
children...SICK!!! too much time pon har hands man...mus be chicken fi deh hatch suh!!!
ummm...sorry, i may not have answered the question...

[Bahama Mama]

folks with too much time on their hands tend to breed alot.
give them something to do...dagnamit!!!
folks that have to work or is always busy don't have to be making
a lot of babies.
there was this woman on the news the other day seeking help for her 16
children...SICK!!! too much time pon har hands man...mus be chicken fi deh hatch suh!!!
ummm...sorry, i may not have answered the question...

No you didnt...directly that is. So go back and redeem yourself

[Manu]

I'm not sure the measure is feasable. It does make a whole lot of sense though. We need another plague or something. Nature has a way of curving the growth still. give it time. Another disaster will soon prevail.

[acidblade]

nature/god .

[Brownsugar]

MAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Bahama Mama]

I'm not sure the measure is feasable. It does make a whole lot of sense though. We need another plague or something. Nature has a way of curving the growth still. give it time. Another disaster will soon prevail.

I think advancements in medecine and stricter public health initiatives will ensure that we do not experience a human plague the magnitude and severity of the Bubonic plague. If remember my history that plague took out a quarter of Europe's people in a relatively short period of time.

Infrastructural advancements are also ensuring that human tradegy from natural disasters are lower when compared to pre-20th century periods in time.

Nature is continually helping to curve population growth, but extreme population growth is still occuring. Do we want to wait until we reach a threshold of planetary sustinance, if there is such a thing?

No one still has answered the question directly though. Would you guys adhere to a one-child rule? Why or why not?

[Manu]

You want to bet your life on that BM? Wait until the AIDS virus takes another drastic step in it's mutation and start killing people within 2 days of contraction. You have people still dieing of cholera so we are still susceptible. Remember the poorer countries outnumber the more developed ones.

[Xenocrates]

Do you think that a one-child policy (like it is in China) should be introduced to Western societies to slow global population growth, particularly since Western societies are largely consumer rather than producing societies?

- What would you do for people who are uneducated who have more than one kid anyway? Fine them? The population problem is only prevalent in third world nations and in certain minority communities in first world nations - populated by mostly poor, uneducated peeps. The Chinese have something that westerners don't: Discipline & Communism. So no matter how uneducated they tend to be, that's something that's deeply ingrained in their culture.

The major drawback is you're gonna have a lotta kids being given up for adoption in the west as it is in the east. Who's gonna adopt all those kids? The west is already alleviating the unwanted children of the East. Who's gonna adopt ours? This is exacerbated by the feminist, super-selfish types of western cultures we live in where there is a growing number of people who don't want children. In my view, it's neither here nor there without education.

Would any of you personally adhere to a one child policy in your own societies?

- Probably not. I man want a football team. Just kidding... But realistically? No. The East exists as a support structure for the west. That's why such a policy will work in the east, but not in the west.

[ramesh]

What about the notion of Zero Population Growth? If you guys have the time, try obtaining this movie from the video store called "ZPG". You will then realise what stress population control can put on the ordinary person or couple.