Posted on 05/23/2014 10:28:47 AM PDT by Morgana
Paul Ehrlich a radically pro-abortion population control professor of “Ethics” from Stanford has claimed overpopulation could lead to humanity having to eat the bodies of the dead.
‘We will soon be asking is it perfectly okay to eat the bodies of your dead because we’re all so hungry?,‘ he told HuffPost live host Josh Zepps.
paulehrlichEhrlich tells Zepps that “Ethics is hardly discussed in our media…How much do we really car about future generations…”
Zepps asked Ehrlich what he would do if her were “Emperor of the World.”
Ehrlich replies, “The first thing I would do is make every possible move to give women full equal rights and opportunities. And give every sexually active person complete access to modern contraception and where necessary, backed up abortion…”
Ehrlich says that current population trends are on a course that could leave cannibalism as one of the only options.
Ehrlich claimed that scarcity of resources will get so bad that humans will need to drastically change our eating habits and agriculture.
He added that humanity is ‘moving in that direction with a ridiculous speed.
‘In other words between now and 45 years from now, 2.5 billion people will be added to the planet.
‘We are moving towards resource wars.
Ehrlich is widely known for his 1968 publication of ‘The Population Bomb’ which called for ‘population control’ to prevent global crises from overpopulation.
But Ehrlich has been predicting this gloom and doom for years:
‘In the 1970’s the world will undergo famines – hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death,’ he predicted. ‘Our children will inherit a totally different world, a world in which the standards, politics, and economics of the 1960’s are dead.’
His solution- Population Control….abortion…sterilization….and yes….infanticide..
The author of the 1972 book the Population bomb has told Raw Story that giving people the right to have as many children as they want is “a bad idea.”
“Giving people the right to have as many people as many children that they want is, I think, a bad idea,” Ehrlich told Raw Story. “It’s not giving people the right to have as many children as they want, it’s giving people the right to control their reproduction so that they don’t have so many children that their children’s and grandchildren’s lives are in danger.”
“Nobody, in my view, has the right to have 12 children or even three unless the second pregnancy is twins,” Ehrlich continued. “That may be a hard-nosed view, but if you look at the entire situation, it’s crystal clear if we keep the populations of the rich growing, then the poor aren’t going to have a chance, and eventually, the descendants of the rich aren’t going to have a chance either.”
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In a recent speech at Macquarie University he said, “For example, having a kid is one thing. If you add a second kid or you have the choice of adding a second kid or buying four hummers, you’re doing much more environmental damage by having the second kid than buy four hummers. Because, of course, besides all the consumption that that child is going to have – the hummers don’t reproduce.”
Paul R. Ehrlich has authored another book with Michael Charles Tobias. In Hope on Earth both Ehrlich and Tobias argue that we are on the verge of environmental catastrophe, as the human population continues to grow without restraint and without significant attempts to deal with overconsumption and the vast depletion of resources and climate problems it creates.
They both believe that the impact of a human society on its environment is the direct result of its population size, and through their dialogue they break down the complex social problems that are wrapped up in this idea and attempts to overcome it, hitting firmly upon many controversial topics such as circumcision, religion, reproduction, abortion, animal rights, diet, and gun control.
Chemicals water tweet
A Tweet placed on Huffpo’s feed reads, “Just put chemicals in the water so that us men can’t reproduce. BAM problem solved.”
To that tweeter I say your suggestion is an old idea that has been proposed many times- read here.
BRAAAAAAAAAINS!!!!!
Actually, I think Ehrlich could use some.
Paul Voldemort Ehrlich ... why does anyone take anything he said seriously??
“BRAAAAAAAAAINS!!!!!
Actually, I think Ehrlich could use some.”
Just not on the dinner plate!!
Thomas Malthus, around 1760, I think, proposed that food supply would never keep up with population growth for mathematical reasons. He has been proven wrong everywhere except where progressive governments took over the food supply. In that special instance he is correct. But it has nothing to do with food supply and everything to do with bad governance. The author here is saying the same thing. He is wrong too.
To Leftists economics is a zero sum game. If somebody has something they took it from somebody else. (As opposed to taxes, which are okay.) But everywhere else, if there’s a demand there will be a supply. Leftism doesn’t take into account technology or innovation. Indeed, when they are in charge there is no technology growth or innovation, other than in their weapons of war.
Ubereconazi Ehrlich's quote:
“Giving society cheap, abundant energy . . . would be the equivalent of giving an idiot child a machine gun.”
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At least Paul Ehrlich hasn’t been a total hypocrite—he has only had one child. So he is contributing to the slow, but steady, self destructive die-off of the population of progressive folks such as himself.
He should have stuck to his study of bees where he would have had the possibility of making a real scientific contribution.
I made a spelling error. If Ehrlich, or some other econazi were to read this, they would claim victory in any argument on any topic.
Hay Ehrlich, why don’t you BITE MY BUTT!
Oh wait.
I don’t like Paul Erlich. I will eat the potatoes and vegetables instead.
This guy has been teaching kids at Stanford for a long time. Its no wonder the younger generation is messed up.
Tagline bump!
Hey, Ehrlich... at NYC’s population density, the world’s population could live in an area the size of the state of Texas. Dumbass.
Just got a funny look from a person passing by my desk. That’s funny! Good thing I was not drinking at the time.
Why would anyone listen to him at all?
In a rational world, his ridiculous “Population Bomb” predictions should have completely destroyed any credibility he may have once claimed.
I agree. The same should be true for all of those global warmists and such.
For the sake of mankind, Ehrlich should walk into an abattoir and never walk out. Then, I will believe he is sincere.
He’s been spreading this kind of crapola almost as long as I’ve been alive.
Hey, Paul, if overpopulation is such a threat to the earth, shouldn’t you have gotten off long ago?
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