Posted on 08/23/2011 4:09:13 PM PDT by wagglebee
August 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) A prominent left-wing American political blog has come under fire after publishing one writers quip that the world needs a global superplague because there are too many goddam people already. Daily Kos contributor Jon Staffords August 10 post, in which Stafford described himself as Not Pro-Choice, Pro-Abortion, drew immediate attention in the blogosphere.
While Stafford said that his remarks are partly facetious, he went on to say, nevertheless there is a seed of truth in it, because I believe that the world is wildly overpopulated and that we must take steps as a society to reduce it.
This will undoubtedly be met with accusations of callousness, but we would could really use is a global superplague. The Black Death may have been horrible, but without it there would never have been a Renaissance.
In the same blog post Stafford stated his belief in legalizing marijuana and homosexual marriage and his radical atheism. Just one day earlier, Stafford had said, Rick Perry scares me. Michele Bachmann too. Not because they are crazy (although they are), but because they are charismatic and crazy. Because they tap into a strain of crazy that runs deep and strong in this country, a Christian fanaticism that is every bit as ugly as its Islamic counterpart. And every bit as destructive.
Commenting on Staffords post, Population Research Institute President Steven Mosher said, The world is by no stretch of the imagination, overpopulated.
Anyone who argues that the Black Death, which decimated Europe’s population for a hundred years, was a good thing, needs counseling, Mosher said. “When did it come to be ‘socially liberal’ to espouse genocide? I thought that the Left was supposed to be opposed to such things?
“Of course, Mosher continued, Stafford may think that by not identifying a particular group to be eliminated, he escapes the charge of genocide, but I don’t think so. The history of population control program is replete with examples of the majority ethnic, religious, class, etc., group using abortion, sterilization and contraception to reduce the numbers of the minority group. So, in practical terms, population control is genocide.”
In an interview with LifeSiteNews, American Life League President Judie Brown said, On a practical matter having nothing to do with the avowed atheist, overpopulation is not a problem at all.
The real problem is corrupt governments bloated with funds that are donated for the specific purpose of aiding the poor that never get to the poor, Brown said. The real problem is politics gone awry. You might summarize it as selfishness.
You hit on the key word: "madmen".
'...they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,... Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves..."
Romans 1 has these fellows pretty well pegged...
With committed Leftists it always eventually comes down to mass murder in the name of the “Common Good”
True. That is because their god is the Government - or the State. If puny people need to die for the advancement of the State - then all is well.
If your God is the True God - the Creator of Heaven and Earth, who created man in His own image - you are going to have to respect people. We realized that we were rescued from the dung heap, and as such we agree with the command:
Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
We have been rescued and redeemed when we were enemies of God. The least we can do is be patient and caring of those that are currently enemies of God. We were once enemies, but Christ died for us and brought us into His Kingdom by the work of the the Holy Spirit who gave us a new birth.
Romans 5:5b ... because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us...
Romans 5:8-10 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
So our human nature is frail, and we tend to lose our tempers -- but we have to remember that Satan has blinded the eyes of these people. And as a result of their blindness - they create their false idols - and are in a very pitiful position.
These people are EVIL no other way to describe them.
Just once, I wish these "do-gooders" would set a good example and off themselves, but NO! It's always somebody else who needs to be eliminated.
Mark
Seems to me the solution is obvious.
Baby steps.
Start with members of idiot "Political Blogs" that nobody visits anyway, except other idiots.
Oh the irony!
You do realize that you're asking the impossible, right?
Right?
Ok, how about asking him to swallow Drano?
Works for me!
.... wait...
May I rephrase that?
If only these genocidal nutjobs would show us the way, and commit the suicide that they are so fond of assisting; if only they would correct their mother’s mistake and abort themselves.
And if only they would shut up until they do.
It's happening already.........
I’m surprised that Stafford didn’t acknowledge AIDS as a super plague, but then he’s an admitted atheist and supporter of “homosexual marriage”.
The problem is not too many people. The problem is there are too many unskilled illiterates who do not produce enough value to be able to feed themselves, and the Western middle class is running out of ability and willingness to subsidize the global underclass.
If the people of Somalia were able to crank out good software, hardware chips, textiles, or whatever, then they would have no problems with feeding themselves.
The global crisis that we are starting to see, is that there are an increasing number of people who do not know how to produce anything that will pay for their food and shelter.
Perhaps Mr. Stafford would care to volunteer for some weaponized bio-weapon experiment. He'd be on the cutting edge. Oh, wait . . . he wants to stay around, but he wants to kill millions of other surplus human breeders. That sounds pretty hypocritical to me. He ought to have the courage of his convictions and lead by example — a guinea pig for bio-weapon research.
PING
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