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 IcePie

Joined: 9/19/2009
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People are too selfish to become parents....
Posted: 11/7/2009 1:48:37 AM

Did he base this statement on factual evidence and genuine birth rates ??
Obviously not since the net growth in the UK population, i.e. not accounting for immigration, is increasing, which means the birth rate must be going up. And sure enough, it is going up... among muslims and I guess that's what he's really worried about.
 nortyraskull

Joined: 10/12/2007
Msg: 27
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Posted: 11/7/2009 6:15:30 AM
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You only quoted part of what I said Nortyraskull, and anyway instead of imposing your opinion on what I said, prehaps you would like to actually make an effort to give your own opinion on the matter? Am sure you have all the answers to with being older and "wiser"



Ok, I'll do my best to allay your alarmist fears, and as for imposing opinion, read your own first sentence, its a bit of will imposing statement in itself.

The world’s population growth has slowed substantially, and show signs of stabilizing. Current estimates are that it will peak in around 2050 at about 8.5 billion, and then move into a steady decline. And that’s assuming no natural or man-made catastrophe (like encouraging the far less stable Islamic states to get nukes) doesn’t have a major impact on growth.

Bearing that in mind, do we really need a generation gap of the type caused by the world wars?

Almost all of the European states have ALREADY been experiencing negative growth, and the USA/Canada have only grown as a result of immigration, or they, too, would be experiencing negative growth
 aitche

Joined: 12/22/2007
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People are too selfish to become parents....
Posted: 11/7/2009 7:03:35 AM
I don't see the problem, would the world really be worse off for having a few billion less people? Will natural resources running out you'd think it would be a good thing.



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 not a nurse

Joined: 11/30/2008
Msg: 29
People are too selfish to become parents....
Posted: 11/7/2009 8:03:42 AM


well after having sexual encounters there are a few babies that pop up to marrieds and singles, so dont think he got that right and all the planned babies that are born all over the world every minute.

Yes educated people tend to wait for the choice and time to be right, but then who wants a child when you dont have the finaces to go with it.

Maybe this numpty should have posted the figures on "Not enough staff for maternity wards" "Over crowding in birthing centres pushes mothers to give birth at home" horror stories of women left alone in hospitals who get into trouble unnoticed, resulting in death!

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 Marmite baby

Joined: 5/19/2007
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People are too selfish to become parents....
Posted: 11/8/2009 5:04:24 AM
This sounds like total twaddle and who really has children for patriotic reasons anyway? The one child rule in China comes to mind. Whether or not to have children is down to personal choice but seems odd to hear someone encourage birth rate.
I just wonder what he hopes to achieve with that kind of statement and find it difficult to believe that consumerism would win over such a primal need.
You need to be able to support children financially but I just don't believe that people could have the warped priorities you describe. Perhaps its just as well they're not parents.
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