[internetworkers] Population [was Representation [was Candidate Match for Pres]]

Edward Wesolowski edwes at idisplay.com
Thu Feb 12 15:54:49 EST 2004


>>  However, what worries me is that it seems that only stupid people have 
>> lots of children nowadays.
>Diane, you're veering into elitist Social Darwinism here.
I just started reading "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom," so it's 
particularly interesting to see INW'er's concerned over
>>... Zero Population Growth and Negative Population Growth.... Overpopulation
>...The invisible hand of Malthus..
And this, I especially like, Thomas:
>>IMO, every baby born is a roll of the dice.
It's damn poetic, seriously, it is:-)
Ed W


>2/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Diana Duncan wrote:
>>Why don't people talk about Zero Population Growth and Negative 
>>Population Growth any more?  Overpopulation contributes to so many of the 
>>problems on our planet today.  The world used to be able to rely on 
>>periodic massive wars or plagues to control the population, but we seem 
>>to have curbed their effectiveness.  (At least for now...the overuse of 
>>antibiotics may come back to kick us in the ass, and it seems viruses are 
>>mutating pretty darn fast lately).
>
>The invisible hand of Malthus can be delayed but not denied!
>
>>As a personal choice, I prefer to limit my offspring.
>
>Caelan:  "Mo-oooom, you never let me do /anything/!"
>
>>  However, what worries me is that it seems that only stupid people have 
>> lots of children nowadays.
>
>Diane, you're veering into elitist Social Darwinism here.  It's an easy 
>conclusion to make, but only from a pretty narrow perspective.
>
>>Most educated people are concerned with careers and with providing safe, 
>>happy upbringings for their children, and rightly conclude that smaller 
>>families make this more likely.  Uneducated or extremely religious folks 
>>make the opposite choice.
>
>Umm, like the offspring of Prescott Bush?
>
>IMO, every baby born is a roll of the dice.  A child's social environment 
>does not determine his or her cultural or political destiny as an 
>adult.  Some of the brightest, most politically progressive people I know 
>come from lower-income families.  And frankly, there are lots of extremely 
>intelligent and wealthy neoconservatives getting educated at Duke and UNC 
>both.  I met them in large numbers when I studied at both places.
>
>TaB
>
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