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Re: Population control
For the life of me I can't figure out why so many people equate not having children with endless years of loneliness and emptiness. Is that why people have children? As a guarantee that someone will love them when they're old? I'd say that's a crummy and selfish reason to have kids. My husband and I have opted not to have children; we spend many ...
Posted to Green Room by mbk21 on September 19, 2007
Re: Global Swarming
I agree with this line of thinking: I tend to think of humans as a virus on this planet -- we will continue to grow and populate as long as there are resources to sustain us and our myriad children. I am somewhat comforted by the fact that nature does have the power to curb populations; we see it all the time in populations of wild animals. Once ...
Posted to Green Room by mbk21 on September 19, 2007