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    More babies

    Who reads that title and thinks its a good thing. Looking at this article I think "oh shit"

    Sure having babies is natural and is needed for the survival of our species, but currently where going a bit too far. Overpopulation is what I'm talking about.

    When are we as a civilization going to grow up and address it.

    For further info overpopulation.org.

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    *We as a population*? What's that supposed to mean? Surely procreation is a largely a matter of personal choice?

    Have you bred or are you planning to?
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    I think it is the fault of the TV programme selectors.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    *We as a population*? What's that supposed to mean? Surely procreation is a largely a matter of personal choice?
    Get your quotes straight. But if *we as a civilization* continue to bred under personal choice, then this planet will only run out of space and resources faster until it leads to our doom.

    Have you bred or are you planning to?
    No, and i wont be anytime soon, but if i do decide to then i will do so sparingly.

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    I've love to see the statistics broken down by ethnicity. I question whether the European women would be pumping out as many babies as some of the other ethnicities NZ keeps importing.

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    thank god at least you guys are speaking english here....have ya seen the HTFU thread.....sorry have nothing of value to add here except to say that I myself am busily overpopulating the world with offspring so of course I'm gonna say its a good thing ........
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dargor View Post
    Who reads that title and thinks its a good thing. Looking at this article I think "oh shit"

    Sure having babies is natural and is needed for the survival of our species, but currently where going a bit too far. Overpopulation is what I'm talking about.

    When are we as a civilization going to grow up and address it.

    For further info overpopulation.org.
    so you think New zealand is overpopulated

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimjim View Post
    so you think New zealand is overpopulated
    Well where not all living in tiny apartments so we aren't doing too bad. But at this rate i dont think it will be long.
    How much farm land has been lost to housing development. How many cant afford to eat real food (meat) because of the cost.
    And how much of that remaining farm land is being used to support overpopulated countries.

    I think we as a civilization are overpopulated. The western civilization, So parts of Amereca and Europe are but where doing alright atm. As are parts of Asia.

    Where in a situation where we can see what is happening to overpopulated areas and prepare or avoid.

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    I've love to see the statistics broken down by ethnicity.
    As would I.
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    thank god at least you guys are speaking english here
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dargor View Post
    Who reads that title and thinks its a good thing. Looking at this article I think "oh shit"

    Sure having babies is natural and is needed for the survival of our species, but currently where going a bit too far. Overpopulation is what I'm talking about.

    When are we as a civilization going to grow up and address it.

    For further info overpopulation.org.

    Oh dear..... There are lies, damned lies and Statistics (Henry Du Pré Labouchère (1831-1912)). But now we see a perfect example from Dagor.

    In the first article you mention, it gives a birth rate of 2.2 births per women. This number is insuffient to maintain a constant population, let alone increase it.

    In the second article the data shows a decling world wide birth rate birth rate, but what is missing is the real reason for the large increase in our planet's population. Everyone is living longer.

    Statistics are great for passing on mis-information when some data is left out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jantar View Post
    Oh dear..... There are lies, damned lies and Statistics (Henry Du Pré Labouchère (1831-1912)). But now we see a perfect example from Dagor.
    Ok so I referenced some stats without examining them thourghly, That doesnt change the fact that we need to be address overpopulation.

    As for the cause being longer life. Well i would rather live longer and have less shorties.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dargor View Post
    Well i would rather live longer and have less shorties.
    Fewer shorties. Whatever they are. Perhaps they assist in breeding *sparingly*.
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    I have four children. Does that make me a bad person?

    What about if I also say those four kids are shared between four adults? Hardly keeping the population up are we?

    Statistics are lies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    Fewer shorties. Whatever they are. Perhaps they assist in breeding *sparingly*.
    Dude, I don't know if you've noticed but your signature has a sentence starting in a preposition. Bad bad bad...
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by riffer View Post
    I have four children. Does that make me a bad person?
    Perhaps fecund is the word you seek?
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    Yes - most abundantly fecund it would appear.
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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