[Sooner1938]

I happen to agree with Dr. Doom. We DO have way too many people on this earth. Years ago, I wrote a college term paper in which I said that I would like to have seen the earth before man appeared. Surely, it would have been a more beautiful place.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

We DO have way too many people on this earth.

Please feel free to exit at any time.

[A message]

I happen to agree with Dr. Doom. We DO have way too many people on this earth.

Do we now. Says who, you and Dr Doom. Hmm, I travel much, I see vast tracts of uninhabited land, land with good soil and ample water.

I said that I would like to have seen the earth before man appeared. Surely, it would have been a more beautiful place.

Depends on ones definition of beauty and no I do not believe that surely would be the case.

I find beauty in the works of humankind.The buildings of humankind. The farms, the inventiveness, the creativity to mold and shape our planet. I not only find the best of humankind beautiful I find humankind remarkable despite our foibles.

In fact I insist that humans are the greatest natural resource on this planet.

No other element, no other resource, nothing can do what humankind can do. No other living entity on this planet can save all the others.

Think about that last sentance, Luddite.

[Heman11]

We could take the whole population of the earth today and everyone could have their own square foot in........Alaska?....no..in Montana?.......no....the answer is Rhode Island.

[DustyMoment]

I happen to agree with Dr. Doom. We DO have way too many people on this earth. Years ago, I wrote a college term paper in which I said that I would like to have seen the earth before man appeared. Surely, it would have been a more beautiful place.

Buh-bye!!!

[okie01]

Years ago, I wrote a college term paper in which I said that I would like to have seen the earth before man appeared. Surely, it would have been a more beautiful place.

Whoa there! Nature doesn't have a monopoly on beauty.

What would the Earth look like without soaring bridges like the Golden Gate, dazzling skylines like new York's, stunning monuments like the Pyramids, the bright green cornfields of the Midwest and assorted engineering marvels everywhere?

Man has produced a major share of Earth's beauty.

And, given our heritage, I ask you how is a field of golden wheat somehow inferior to a field of prairie grass?

[torchthemummy]

"I happen to agree with Dr. Doom."

You, just like Dr. Doom, have no problem with mass human extinction as long as you are one of those to "hang around" and show how good stewards of the planet should behave. "Do as I say not as I do" I'm sure is your motto.

Where is the context about where the world's population is exploding? It sure as heck isn't in any first world country. But it sure IS in any Islamic country along with most third world countries. There is a reason they call them developing nations.

[BlazingArizona]

I happen to agree with Dr. Doom. We DO have way too many people on this earth. Years ago, I wrote a college term paper in which I said that I would like to have seen the earth before man appeared. Surely, it would have been a more beautiful place.

"Beauty" is a term humans invented to describe their own feelings about what's out there. Would a squirrel, struggling to survive on an earth without humans, appreciate its environment? The whole idea of environment, and stewardship of it, is a human invention. Ever other species breeds without limit until the number of individuals dying of starvation or predation equals the number born. Nature is at that point in "balance".

[TaxRelief]

We DO have way too many people on this earth.

If you truly believed that, you would remove yourself from this planet as quickly as possible.

[Myrddin]

You obviously don't get out much or live in a crowded city. I live in Idaho. Extremely low density. You can drive down roads for miles and see nothing but the natural environment. A trip from San Diego to Pocatello on I-15 will expose you to massive expanses of totally uninhabited land. Likewise a trip from Lincoln, NE to Salt Lake City down I-80. I had to drive from Birmingham, AL to Salt Lake City, UT to escape Hurricane Ivan. I was amazed at the expanses of vacant land in it's pristine state.

[Centurion2000]

I happen to agree with Dr. Doom. We DO have way too many people on this earth.

Sooner,
Drive through Wyoming, Montana or more than 100 miles north of the Caandian border .... there is PLENTY of room on this planet for people.

Everyone else got pinged to this to show how to make any population bomb propaganda spouter look lik an idiot.

Here's a map you need to take a look at

See all those green and gray areas? There are no crowds, plenty of wilderness and PLENTY of room to live in.

[Nowhere Man]

I happen to agree with Dr. Doom. We DO have way too many people on this earth. Years ago, I wrote a college term paper in which I said that I would like to have seen the earth before man appeared. Surely, it would have been a more beautiful place.

I hate to say it but you just triggered a "ZOT!" from the Viking Kitties! Unfortunatly, this Viking Kitty crossed the BiFrost Bridge up to Vahalla today but I figure she is good for one more ZOT! As you can see, she ran on 120 volts, 60 cycles AC power as well as internal batteries.



Pansy: b. 8-19-1987 - d. 8-27-2006