lemmings are known to take a plunge....

[Vlad D Impeller]

As man reaches a point where almost all diseases can be controlled if not cured or prevented, what would be an acceptable method for humans control its population growth?

 

[oddjob]

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obecity? (sp)

 

[JasonJ]

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Child limits. 2 kids each. Will that happen in this country? Never. There's breedin' to get done...<br /><br />We'll never control disease, new diseases keep evolving, it's a never ending battle.<br /><br />And yes, the Big Mac will prove to be a very effective population control.

 

[KaGee]

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Originally posted by Vlad D Impeller:<br /> As man reaches a point where almost all diseases can be controlled if not cured or prevented, what would be an acceptable method for humans control its population growth?

We are no where near that... haven't you read any news headlines lately? Unless you think the "Bird Flu" is all hype. Why don't you go to Uganda and the surrounding region and ask them about AIDS. TB still continues to be one of the world's most deadliest infectious disease. Viruses and Bacteria are constantly mutating and providing major challenges to the medical community.<br /><br />Due to over use of antibiotics, some of us babyboomers are at risk to newer strains of bacteria. More potent antibiotics have lessened effect. <br /><br />So the premise of your statement is flawed IMO. Abortion seems to be doing it's job of population control. Especially here and in Europe, where resident populations are on the decline.

 

[JB]

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Humans don't need to "control" population growth.<br /><br />Mother Nature can and will do that.<br /><br />Famine, flood, earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, landslides and, of course, plagues that we never saw before.

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

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Originally posted by KaGee:<br />

Originally posted by Vlad D Impeller:<br /> As man reaches a point where almost all diseases can be controlled if not cured or prevented, what would be an acceptable method for humans control its population growth?

We are no where near that... haven't you read any news headlines lately? Unless you think the "Bird Flu" is all hype. Why don't you go to Uganda and the surrounding region and ask them about AIDS. TB still continues to be one of the world's most deadliest infectious disease. Viruses and Bacteria are constantly mutating and providing major challenges to the medical community.<br /><br />Due to over use of antibiotics, some of us babyboomers are at risk to newer strains of bacteria. More potent antibiotics have lessened effect. <br /><br />So the premise of your statement is flawed IMO. Abortion seems to be doing it's job of population control. Especially here and in Europe, where resident populations are on the decline.

It was not a statement, it was a question. <br /><br />The populations of some countries are no doubt on the decline, but presently the overall world population of humans continues to increase at an ever steady rate regardless of wars, diseases and natural disasters.

 

[jtexas]

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I believe that we'll find ways to accomodate population growth, rather than limiting it.<br /><br />btw, look up "drug resistant tuberculosis" and "anti-biotic resistant infections"

 

[Boomyal]

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The white western world is currently in a precipitous population decline. We/they are not reproducing at even replacement levels. The only 'population' control this group needs is to have more babies or within our young childrens life time they will see that vacuum being rapidly filled with third world cultures that are completely foreign and hostile to us.<br /><br />Western countries will have to increasingly allow these people in to do the work of the diminishing native populations.<br /><br />Increasing tension and open hostilities will accelerate as the third world populations, from within, increasingly try to exert their influence.

 

[Friz]

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The Earth has been around for a long, long, long time. For humans to have the audacity that we can control, alter, or influence such a powerful force is awful pretentios(sp) of us, don't you think?<br />We constantly come up with cures for diseases. Every time, Nature comes up with a new disease. We build stonger houses. We have stronger hurricanes. We overpopulate a region. We have flood or famine.<br />Nature will cull the herd.

 

[rodbolt]

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and ya forgot stuidity, but the stupidity gets taken out by the removal from the gene pool. heck you would think the human race would all be genius by now.<br /> nature will take any overpopulation of anyspecies. always has and always does.<br /> makes ya wonder which party to blame the extinction of the dino's on .

 

[ZodFutMk2]

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[Triton II]

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Rodbolt, nice theory but terminally flawed. Clever humans understand sustainable growth, stupid ones breed regardless.

 

[Friz]

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Originally posted by rodbolt:<br /> and ya forgot stuidity, but the stupidity gets taken out by the removal from the gene pool. heck you would think the human race would all be genius by now.<br /> nature will take any overpopulation of anyspecies. always has and always does.<br /> makes ya wonder which party to blame the extinction of the dino's on .

I think that used to be true, but in the past 20 years or so, we have tried to take all of the danger out of stupid peoples' lives.<br />There are still some idiots out there succumbing to the Darwin Principle, but look around you.<br />Smokers (I'm one) are allowed to sue tobacco companies. Some dumbass doesn't check the toilet seat at Home Depot and sues. People sue gun manufacturers.<br />We actually have to tell people not to stick there hand in front of a band saw, etc, etc.<br /><br />We are breeding a nation of idiots.

 

[rodbolt]

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but ya gotta admit the Home Depot thing was funny, even the reporters on CNN were laughing.