tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636836467142674388.post2505068014030463100..comments2023-03-25T04:19:15.436-06:00Comments on Burb's Buck & Buntline Inn: The “One Child Rule” Option is the 900lb Gorilla in Copenhagen Summit Room…B.J. Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327228353707623497noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636836467142674388.post-47233460006419776982009-12-21T05:13:56.325-07:002009-12-21T05:13:56.325-07:00Hi AV!
The number crunchers already said it would...Hi AV!<br /><br />The number crunchers already said it would work! Down to 3.5 Billion in some many decades (I can't remember the correct figure)...<br /><br />And yes, people ARE living too long now, their savings and their bodies not keeping up with this trend!<br /><br />But the one child rule sure sounds allot easier than going around one's neighbourhood "off" anyone over the age of 70! (tee hee)<br /><br />And to AINE & RUM, Thank-you for taking time to comment on this piece...we ALL need to start dialoguing on what some of the hard solutions may have to be! Thank-you!B.J. Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327228353707623497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636836467142674388.post-71187624934295485482009-12-20T17:41:31.699-07:002009-12-20T17:41:31.699-07:00One child, one family won't ever work. We are ...One child, one family won't ever work. We are looking at the wrong end of life. We have to let people die! It is this prolonging life that is creating the imbalance.<br /><br />AVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636836467142674388.post-29808800937601300542009-12-20T14:06:38.048-07:002009-12-20T14:06:38.048-07:00Education would have been the answer 4 decades ago...Education would have been the answer 4 decades ago Aine, but that solution is a wee bit little, too late now.<br /><br />If we don't curb our bunny growth rate soon, education will be moot as we will be no more!B.J. Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327228353707623497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636836467142674388.post-11531426213855479332009-12-20T02:16:31.515-07:002009-12-20T02:16:31.515-07:00Education is the missing ingredient. The upper mid...Education is the missing ingredient. The upper middle and burgeoning middle class in China rarely need forced abortions or enforcing of the one child rule because those who are better educated with a higher standard of living tend to be too busy and want to hang onto that higher standard of living so they don't have as many children. It's a proven formula. The first step is education, we need to educate and empower about birth control number one, because there is still a rampant issue of dangerous STDs out there being spread, so condoms are absolutely a necessity. This is an issue that encompasses so much that could solve a lot of the disease/poverty issues in the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636836467142674388.post-79500528775498787692009-12-20T02:08:07.555-07:002009-12-20T02:08:07.555-07:00Yes, I do, TheRumSummer,although because humans ar...Yes, I do, TheRumSummer,although because humans are often not as resilient as plants/bugs etc. I'm afraid that our Kill level will be felt in one lump sum, and in the millions at a time...<br /><br />We don't allow Mother Nature to rule entirely over us, as plants and animals do, and in our need to PRESERVE human life, we have a soul which wants to fight that Kill level at all costs...<br /><br />Is this going against the natural order of things? Yes, it is.<br /><br />Should we allow whatever kill level to occur as it would normally, eventually anyways? We could.<br /><br />But it's my personal feeling that God gave us higher intelligence to ward off and fight a predetermined result, and this CAN be done if we just face the facts and stop breeding like goddamned bunnies!<br /><br />This si NOT rocket science; this is just common sense. And we are allowing our backwards cultural customs to ruin all of mankind in the process...<br /><br />Mother Nature DOES unfortunately wield her stick and create natural disasters in and of herself, and wipe out hundreds of thousands of people in over-populated 3rd world countries...<br /><br />Is that cruel and unjust? Probably.<br /><br />But it's what Mother Nature terms the "Thinning of the Herd" like it or not!B.J. Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327228353707623497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636836467142674388.post-18782096356543747492009-12-19T19:50:42.583-07:002009-12-19T19:50:42.583-07:00You know something I learned in my college Biology...You know something I learned in my college Biology/Ecology class has always stuck with me. Animals and plants reach their carrying capacity(k) where they level out based on the amount of resources they have available. This is where their births and deaths reach a stable equilibrium. Humans have yet to reach this point...we keep producing and reproducing. Species that do this hit a point where it maxes out and they use all their available resources. After this point, they basically kill themselves off. Humans have yet to reach their K, I feel. So...you see where I'm going with this.TheRumSummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08619279941566677111noreply@blogger.com