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topdog82
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Birth control?
#14470741 - 05/17/11 11:02 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Im not talking about birth control as in condoms, or birth pills
I think that the "one-child" rule(used in china) should be employed on a larger scale Maybe extended to a two-child rule In countries such as America, our population is constantly increasing. People have multiple kids post and pre-maritally. Once you factor in American consumerism, and the massive amounts of electricity, plastic, animals(meat that we eat), and unnecessary things we buy, the amount of waste or things that could be cut down otherwise is staggering
In larger countries such as america, if we want to continue living the luxurious life we do, we have to cut down on people
What do you think?
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Re: Birth control? [Re: topdog82]
#14470757 - 05/17/11 11:04 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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terence mckenna said the same thing
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Re: Birth control? [Re: topdog82]
#14470867 - 05/17/11 11:22 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I think the government has no buisness determining how many children someone may have, much less punishing them for having too many.
Mind your own buisness
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Re: Birth control? [Re: johnm214]
#14471049 - 05/18/11 12:01 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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i disagree johnm, over population is a big issue if we keep at this rate, the whole planet will be in poverty because we will have used up all its resources.
i dont think peopel should be punished for having more than one child but it should be encouraged that they only have one.
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I have no problem with people encouraging someone to do pretty much anything, I don't think this should be a function of the government. We can start by stop rewarding people for having children, and having more children. Make child support and welfare payments be required to be spent on children and require the recipient to show reciepts or not get compensated: just like any buisness is run.
The problem is that social security and medicare et cet are set up sorta like a ponzi scheme and the beneficiaries don't neccesarily pay for what they recieve. Those paying into the system have no guarentee of getting the money back (even ignoring the dead folks whos estates get nothing despite all th years of payments confiscated from their paychecks).
"We have seven children so we're doing our part to fund the Social Security system," Santorum said. "I want children to be living in America and contributing. America's greatest resource is our people and we're denying America what it needs, which is more Americans." -fmr Senator Rick Santorum
Hell, lets make the children pay for all the crap programs we legislate and then don't bother paying for. Oh wait, we allready are doing that. I guess they should have to p ay for the retirement fund and medical bills of our older population too. Hey, why don't we just revert to feudalism altogether?
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Re: Birth control? [Re: topdog82]
#14472941 - 05/18/11 11:57 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I agree 
I would fully support a one child policy for canadian and american families, with fines and other deterrants or tax rebates and incentives to encourage compliance.
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It depends on what outweighs the other. The right to have children, or your right to protect your children's home.
Right now, I agree with Johnm214. But if things get real bad, and push comes to shove, I would absolutely support this form of policy.
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Re: Birth control? [Re: Unison]
#14473086 - 05/18/11 12:31 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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If they rid the world of population control tactics yea lets do it. What kind of people have 5-8 kids? The dumb fuck retards that cant afford the kids they had before and dont care because the government will pay for them. I dont see a need for more than 2 children, maybe 3 but spread out. We are going to be controlled anyways, at least this one makes sense. Exchange fucked up pharm/illicit drug policies for control of how many kids I can have, Im down.
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Straight-up, I feel like the overpopulation problem cannot be mended with government mandates. Let me explain.
I can see with my own eyes that the earth is dying while the human population expands so thoughtlessly. But I recently worked with a group of people who felt the exact opposite: That technology would outpace population growth (and other things to do with "The Singularity") and become so advanced that any material on earth could be easily changed into a different one (eg: copper into steel etc., like a modern day alchemy fantasy). There could be no shortage of resources in their future, because the limit of any material was, in effect, the combined weight of the entire universe. Thus they saw no need for any sort of population control, in fact they reviled the idea as another form of government intrusion on privacy. These also tend to be the people who view the earth in terms of "resources", "investments", "gains".
Another group of people I know view population control as the "Endgame" of the elites-- they say it is already happening, via "slow kill" methods of malnutrition/obesity, cancer, AIDS and the like. These methods serve to eliminate the serf classes, while preserving the elite classes, who in the future will be served by advanced techno-slaves rather than human ones. This, supposedly, will also reduce competition for scarce resources by killing off the "useless classes". The people who think this, however, are usually penniless outcasts who also recognize the problem of overpopulation, so they are tormented. I love them dearly.
Another group of people I know very well, are products of government-mandated "family planning"/population control measures. The ideal number of children per family was conveyed via financial incentives and disincentives. People went along with it, and this worked wonderfully, for a while, but within a couple of generations soon presented its own set of socio-economic problems. But when low birthrates as the ideal is deeply instilled in the population, it is a hard trend to reverse. They face their own challenges.
In China, the "one-child policy" looks good on paper. What you don't see are they unwanted children being disposed of. You don't see the baby girls being sold/abandoned because if families can only have one child, they would prefer it to be a boy (to carry on the family name, business, etc.). You don't see the families being persecuted for accidental pregnancies... Life cannot be contained by a simple human decree. Jurassic Park, anyone?
In Africa, tribes have elevated motherhood and maternity to the highest ideals. A high birth rate was good for tribes, it made them stronger. It is part of an ancient culture and heritage. Now, it is cast as a "problem", a sickness, something to be dealt with. How can a single law erase centuries of culture and genetic memory? It is disrespectful and confusing, to say the least.
But if the dire problem of overpopulation is to be addressed, drastic measures are needed. The earth is suffering our thoughtlessness. As daunting as it may be, I feel that if more people could see this, they would naturally make their own choice NOT to have as many children. I prefer to tell myself people aren't as stupid as we all seem to be.
If more people had access to contraception, if ridiculous laws against family planning were thwarted, if mothers could make their own choices, this overpopulation trend could be reversed. If someone took the time to explain, one-on-one, what an extra child or five could mean to the earth.
Might be slower than implementing a law forcing people to obey, but the effects would last longer, wouldn't it? If people began to relate their life choices to their environment? Then, whatever new problems arose, they could take this new perspective to it as well.
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Wooden Spoon said: terence mckenna said the same thing
One more reason for which the whole idea is petarded.
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Re: Birth control? [Re: SKrink]
#14474333 - 05/18/11 05:03 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I can see with my own eyes that the earth is dying
Whatever that means. In the previous 500 discussions on this subject, not one proponent could explain with any clarity.
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I can see with my own eyes that the earth is dying
Whatever that means. In the previous 500 discussions on this subject, not one proponent could explain with any clarity.
Good point. I'll make an attempt at clarity.
Have you been to the beach lately? Heard of any recent oil spills or nuclear explosions? Seen the effects? Have you walked out your door and taken a big whiff? Do you wonder where your shit goes??
Maybe "the earth is dying" is too corny to be taken seriously, and I'll make a note of that-- but opponents would have us all believe that they cannot see pollution and destruction all around them. Wake up.
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Re: Birth control? [Re: SKrink]
#14475666 - 05/18/11 09:34 PM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The earth isn't going to die. That's just silly.
More complex lifeforms like us... well we are drastically fucked. There is no way the resources we have remaining can last us longer then a century or two.
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Re: Birth control? [Re: SKrink]
#14476428 - 05/19/11 12:46 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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I can see with my own eyes that the earth is dying
Whatever that means. In the previous 500 discussions on this subject, not one proponent could explain with any clarity.
Good point. I'll make an attempt at clarity.
Have you been to the beach lately? Heard of any recent oil spills or nuclear explosions? Seen the effects? Have you walked out your door and taken a big whiff? Do you wonder where your shit goes??
Maybe "the earth is dying" is too corny to be taken seriously, and I'll make a note of that-- but opponents would have us all believe that they cannot see pollution and destruction all around them. Wake up.
Asking questions and giving directives is not clarity. And least you are a member of all of the other people unable to express how the earth is dying. Welcome to average. I was hoping for some substance.
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Re: Birth control? [Re: MoxyOx]
#14476443 - 05/19/11 12:49 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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There is no way the resources we have remaining can last us longer then a century or two.
And the population is still increasing because we are fucked?
See my Thread: Increasing and Decreasing Population Both Being Bad Signs.
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Re: Birth control? [Re: topdog82]
#14476944 - 05/19/11 05:05 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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topdog82 said: I think that the "one-child" rule(used in china) should be employed on a larger scale
What do you think?
I think you haven't really done any research on the "one-child policy" of the Chinese government.
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Re: Birth control? [Re: topdog82]
#14476963 - 05/19/11 05:18 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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topdog82 said: In larger countries such as america, if we want to continue living the luxurious life we do, we have to cut down on people
What do you think?
In the US, out birth rate doesn't even match our replacement rate. If it wasn't for immigrants, we'd run out of people in a few generations.
Look at Japan as an example of an aging population.
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topdog82 said: I think that the "one-child" rule(used in china) should be employed on a larger scale
What do you think?
I think you haven't really done any research on the "one-child policy" of the Chinese government.
Does one really need to know facts, or does one just need to speak, at any costs?
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Re: Birth control? [Re: Doc_T]
#14476988 - 05/19/11 05:37 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Doc_T said: Look at Japan as an example of an aging population.
I'd rather look at the young bimbos.
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Doc_T said: Look at Japan as an example of an aging population.
I'd rather look at the young bimbos.
For a young population, take a look at Mexico. Average is age is like 16+, that's a big part of what's wrong with the country- buncha kids running the place.
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