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114. "The problem is self correcting by Nature."

Reply to dumbcat (Reply #111)

Mon Aug 27, 2018, 04:46 PM

Aug 2018

Nature sure will - it'll kill most all of us. I thought that's what you meant.

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Gross Overpopulation Is One Issue That Is Suicide For Any Politician To Address. We Are In Crisis. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Aug 2018 OP

Humans will probably become extinct except for those that might colonize Mars and RKP5637 Aug 2018 #1

It would be a whole lot easier to live at the South Pole than on Mars. Towlie Aug 2018 #13

Yep, no AC needed! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2018 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Aug 2018 #88

Martians will never allow illegal alien humans to invade their planet. democratisphere Aug 2018 #101

Yep!!! "No Trespassing" signs will soon be going up on Mars posted by the Martians. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2018 #103

I'll be the lightning rod. roamer65 Aug 2018 #2

Mandated how? Adrahil Aug 2018 #6

Make abortion free? Callmecrazy Aug 2018 #78

And just how will you implement this... Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #12

Through law. roamer65 Aug 2018 #15

A global law? Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #20

We really do need a world government. roamer65 Aug 2018 #22

What form would that workd Government take? brooklynite Aug 2018 #32

That would be up to a world constitutional convention. roamer65 Aug 2018 #38

"A menace from beyond Earth"? Codeine Aug 2018 #41

Raygun said it. roamer65 Aug 2018 #42

That's what I was reacting to. Codeine Aug 2018 #44

Sometimes stupid people have brief moments of coherence. roamer65 Aug 2018 #45

That man was not among them. nt Codeine Aug 2018 #48

Good luck with that Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #52

"Our birth rates are declining" defacto7 Aug 2018 #56

The Amish are certainly growing quickly in number The Genealogist Aug 2018 #104

China just went in reverse on thier law, which was well enforced for a long time lunasun Aug 2018 #76

You're right, I agree fully Calculating Aug 2018 #117

There are too many fucking people dalton99a Aug 2018 #3

Literally LOL Takket Aug 2018 #4

what's the solution? Mosby Aug 2018 #8

You don't dispose of the "extras". roamer65 Aug 2018 #16

1: free contraception, in any form, for the whole world muriel_volestrangler Aug 2018 #40

.. roamer65 Aug 2018 #43

This! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #109

I thought yours was so obvious as to not need to be said. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #112

Population growth doesn't have to be a problem. Adrahil Aug 2018 #5

Population growth rates reductions are bound to fall. Scruffy1 Aug 2018 #54

It's not such a problem in the western world because women are more educated and smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #55

Yes, exactly... Adrahil Aug 2018 #66

Not really. If not for immigration we'd be losing population. Ditto Europe, Japan, etc. ucrdem Aug 2018 #7

No, Africa doesn't have plenty to support growth muriel_volestrangler Aug 2018 #47

The map appears to make my point. ucrdem Aug 2018 #60

Any shade of red is 'overloaded'. So Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia ... muriel_volestrangler Aug 2018 #64

Educating and empowering women is the best remedy to stem overpopulation. smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #9

You are absolutely correct. roamer65 Aug 2018 #19

+1. meadowlander Aug 2018 #31

Tubal ligation Duppers Aug 2018 #89

I'm not prepared to support tying women down, drugging them and forcing them to abort. meadowlander Aug 2018 #98

"tying women down" to abort"? I said TUBAL LIGATION. Duppers Aug 2018 #102

This! defacto7 Aug 2018 #58

Good points smirky lunasun Aug 2018 #77

The issue is the problem isn't where anyone here can affect it Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #10

Line everyone up and shoot every other person, including the one on my left and the one on my right. Towlie Aug 2018 #11

"It is a given ..." dumbcat Aug 2018 #14

I think you're right...'problem' would be corrected by Mother Nature eventually... SWBTATTReg Aug 2018 #23

By whom? Read. Duppers Aug 2018 #90

Where did I say that? dumbcat Aug 2018 #100

You stated, "Given by whom?" Duppers Aug 2018 #108

No, I meant where did I say dumbcat Aug 2018 #111

"The problem is self correcting by Nature." Duppers Aug 2018 #114

Again, I didn't say I didn't care dumbcat Aug 2018 #115

A nonchalant "Besides"? Duppers Aug 2018 #116

OK, I give up, you're right dumbcat Aug 2018 #118

The longer we trash the Earth, the less survivability there will be for the human race. roamer65 Aug 2018 #18

Blame science Revanchist Aug 2018 #21

You are correct on increased life expectancy. roamer65 Aug 2018 #26

um, no. "Average" life expectancy around the year 1900 shanny Aug 2018 #65

So all this money we're spending on geriatric health care Yupster Aug 2018 #80

Pretty much. shanny Aug 2018 #82

"what's worse?" metalbot Aug 2018 #96

I guess we disagree on a fundamental point. shanny Aug 2018 #105

Umm, no. NutmegYankee Aug 2018 #71

Nope. If you survived childhood you expected life span is about the same GulfCoast66 Aug 2018 #74

Wow! Hard stance.. maybe true.. so, you want to be the first Thekaspervote Aug 2018 #27

I'm the wrong person to ask Revanchist Aug 2018 #61

We need to be investing serious resources in space colonisation. meadowlander Aug 2018 #33

Several points. Blue_true Aug 2018 #46

I'm not saying that we colonise space instead of fixing problems on earth. meadowlander Aug 2018 #49

You make good points. Resource allocation to dual efforts will be important. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #50

And I think the technology that helps with one will help with the other. meadowlander Aug 2018 #51

"space colonisation" is a science fiction pipe dream. Duppers Aug 2018 #91

So, you're essentially proposing the republican health care plan. Blue_true Aug 2018 #36

I'm just stating the main causes for overpopulation, not advocating solutions Revanchist Aug 2018 #63

Oh, what great compassion you have. 😠 Duppers Aug 2018 #92

No! The blame is in Genesis! OxQQme Aug 2018 #107

BRING. ME. THANOS!!!! n/t theaocp Aug 2018 #24

Its been a long time since I researched this, but I thought we were sleighted to increase in JCanete Aug 2018 #25

That may have been before the current population explosion in Africa Yupster Aug 2018 #81

oh you may be right. I'll have to look into that. I guess this kind of projection can change really JCanete Aug 2018 #87

UN REPORT Duppers Aug 2018 #93

I don't think population is the immediate crisis. The crisis is that the planet is warming up. Doodley Aug 2018 #28

It's the root of global climate change. roamer65 Aug 2018 #29

+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #110

Overpopulation is only suicide for politicians to discuss.... Captain Stern Aug 2018 #30

Yes it is. We're Using the lion's share of the world's resource. Nt raccoon Aug 2018 #35

No, it isn't. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #37

It is suicide here. Duppers Aug 2018 #94

I disagree. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #99

The first world citizens are using a hell of a lot more resources than those of the third world. raccoon Aug 2018 #34

It wouldn't be a problem if not for brain-stuck Republicanism standing in the way. gulliver Aug 2018 #39

I wouldnt worry about the population problem AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #53

The two biggest countries are India and China. former9thward Aug 2018 #72

China was able to institute one child policy AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #79

And that is what you want? former9thward Aug 2018 #83

no I beleive in contraception AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #84

I didn't but I will refer to anything I want without your approval. former9thward Aug 2018 #85

Despicable Callado119 Aug 2018 #57

You got to be kidding. Duppers Aug 2018 #95

Myth. Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #59

How much time do you think we have left? Duppers Aug 2018 #97

Heres another Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #106

There are many great thought provoking ideas in this thread defacto7 Aug 2018 #62

Logically we should start with the people having the largest environmental footprints... hunter Aug 2018 #67

THANK YOU. Somebody gets it. nt raccoon Aug 2018 #68

China is the world's number one worst polluter Mosby Aug 2018 #70

+1 leftstreet Aug 2018 #86

I think I saw something similar in the newest Avengers movie Devil Child Aug 2018 #69

The P-word is taboo icaria Aug 2018 #73

How about we keep individual freedom over our own bodies JCMach1 Aug 2018 #75

All of the civil wars you consistently prophecize will take care of the concern, yes? LanternWaste Aug 2018 #113

The OP is 100% correct, overpopulation will ruin the world if not dealth with somehow Calculating Aug 2018 #119

Politicians know if they don't address it, human nature will take care of it - brutally and quickly. haele Aug 2018 #120