The Need to Breed

[Cinjin]

[Rayaan]

Overpopulation does seem to be a problem that is getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. But, still, in my opinion, I don't think that we have come to the point of suggesting a worldwide population control yet. We have to look at the pros and the cons of population control very carefully in order to decide if this is a good idea at all or even worth it in the long run as well as how it should be carried out. There are many different factors and variables to consider. And, surely, enforcing a limit on how much people can breed would also definitely interfere with their personal lives along with their desires, goals, and/or enjoyments that they are looking forward to. Unfortunately, maybe there is no negotiable solution to this.

[Epimethean]

Unfortunately, population controls would fail on two fronts: The hyper "don't tread on me" folk and the uneducated/undereducated folk, and, despite the overlap between those two groups, the latter makes up a large part of the world population, aided and abetted by theistic beliefs and politics.

[The Grand Nudger]

As I've had occasion to mention in other threads, those of us who have the fewest children are consuming resources at a greater rate and quantity than those who have the most. "Population control" would mean telling poor people in third world countries to stop/limit their procreative activities. Until the above situation is remedied I don't really see us having much in the way of high ground to sell that particular product from.

[Angrboda]

"I say we dust off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

[Minimalist]

Unfortunately, maybe there is no negotiable solution to this.

Nature will take care of it when the time comes.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Unfortunately, maybe there is no negotiable solution to this.

Nature will take care of it when the time comes.

---- it's actually a continuum,nature is never static.

[Minimalist]

What about us?

[Ace Otana]

To the OP, the problem will only get worse seeing as many don't see it to be a problem. I don't believe in forcing people to have less kids, merely educate them on the problem. If people fail to act, to change so to adapt to the situation, then there is no other choice but for nature to take care of the issue.

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.

In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment."

- Charles Darwin.