Where it is all going...

[mikemc]

It's sometimes hard to tell who's trying to manipulate you and to what end. Recently I've read a bit about over population being a myth used to control different things at different times. Declining population and various crises related to it seem to be the new rage. Is it just the next thing to keep us distracted? Possibly...

There is always some chicken little in this sort of thinking, and people have been going on about population crises since the 1960s. There are some 'never before in history' conditions that make it more a real concern-- yes, and part of that concern has to do with the ease of migration.

"Out of every 100 persons added to the population in the coming decade, 97 will live in developing countries." Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2005

[edit] The colonizing/settling of the Americas was done for a number of reasons, but what most people don't count among them is a fair amount of contamination of the water supply of Europe, and the prevalance of disease there.

[v0ins315]

capable of rising a child

[beats me]

capable of rising a child

My typo is the only thing that got a reaction in that entire statement.

But clearly the tone of my involvement in this thread shows that I need to get laid. Probably more than once.

[mikemc]

capable of rising a child

My typo is the only thing that got a reaction in that entire statement.

But clearly the tone of my involvement in this thread shows that I need to get laid. Probably more than once.

Yes, that; and to remain on-topic, use contraception.

[ChiDJ]

capable of rising a child

My typo is the only thing that got a reaction in that entire statement.

But clearly the tone of my involvement in this thread shows that I need to get laid. Probably more than once.

See! This is why Bukkake is the way to go. It's just more socially responsible.

[beats me]

See! This is why Bukkake is the way to go. It's just more socially responsible.

I can't even piss in a public restroom with somebody else in it unless I'm close to blackout drunk. I think an attempt at group sex acts would just result in cold sweats and crying like a little girl.

[Homebelly]

See! This is why Bukkake is the way to go. It's just more socially responsible.

I can't even piss in a public restroom with somebody else in it unless I'm close to blackout drunk. I think an attempt at group sex acts would just result in cold sweats and crying like a little girl.

Some people get turned on by that.
You should explore that market, make some money, stach it away, and get prepared for the next Live beta/up-date cycle.

[plantaginate]

you'll be long dead before any of this happens,

[mikemc]

you'll be long dead before any of this happens,

yeh, not so long, maybe, but dead enough most likely

[plantaginate]

you'll be long dead before any of this happens,

yeh, not so long, maybe, but dead enough most likely

i was actually talking about beats me getting laid again,
but i guess it applies just as much to the OP,,

[mikemc]

[DangerousDave]

welcome to enviornmental studies 101. thank you for your input

[cmcpress]

I'm just against poor people churning out babies.

:facepalm:

Yup Poverty has an influence on birth rates - because survival rates are lower.

Declining birth rates in the UK are a problem due to aging populations.

It's an enormous problem in Japan as many young women are choosing not to have babies:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 065647.stm

The decline in Japan's birth rate is so severe they have invented a word for it - 'shoshika', meaning a society without children.

When i come to retire there certainly won't be enough money in the public purse to pay my state pension if it even exists by then. The problem isn't birth rates per se - it's that we're living longer.

[pepezabala]

Don't worry.

"The population of Pitcairn is 68 in 2000 and remains constant till 2050."

We had this discussion here before, a couple of years ago. There were some freaks that believe in overpopulation and want lots of people to die.

[leedsquietman]

Mortality hasn't been taken into consideration here either.

In some countries in the world where they have higher birth rates, the infant mortality rate and general mortality rates are higher, average life expectancy is much lower, sometimes as much as 25-30 years less than affluent countries. There is no social security or pensions, so elderly people in many poorer countries completely rely on their offspring to provide for them.

I love all this Human Geography stuff, I studied this and Environmentalism along with Modern Languages at University, but really, who the hell even knows if the planet is still going to be around in 2050 - with all the quakes and tsunamis and who knows what else diseases, so making predictions on a graph based on pure mathematics is likely to be flawed anyway. Haiti, Pakistan, China etc - the increased killings of female babies in some countries for sick cultural reasons etc. These cannot be factored into the stats. In some small towns and villages in India, there are 4 men to every woman because of the murder of female children, so explain to me how the birth rate is going to increase there ?