[wagglebee]

Responding to a New York Times column about contraception and the demographic winter descending upon Europe, Frances Kissling, the long time president of Catholics for Choice, wrote, "The loss of human life in the Black Death is cause for mourning, but in terms of economic impact, the period following the Black Death was one of prosperity and growth in Europe."

These people are disgusting.

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[Zechariah_8_13]

It’s every liberal’s deepest belief: that they’ll reap the benefits of others’ hardships.

Liberal Thought Processes:

Steal money from wealthy = free money for ME!

Force children into gov’t schools = more people to agree with me!!

Universal Health Care = hooray! Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, Abortion and Infanticide! Fewer people means more stuff for ME!!! And mom and dad won’t be around draining my time and bank account when they’re old and sick.

Hate Crime Legislation = It makes me feel good to think I can make everyone think like me, and punish them if they don’t!

Loading Christians & Jews onto Cattle Cars = no more of that irritating morality to get in the way of my indulgence!!

etc...

[annalex]

The world faces looming shortages of food, energy, raw materials, water and habitable environment

This claim, if accurate, still doesn't point to the need of population control. What it points to is a need for a new industrial/agricultural revolution whereby excesses of industrial development are trimmed and agricultural use of resources increased.

[Liberty1970]

The loss of human life in the Black Death is cause for mourning, but in terms of economic impact, the period following the Black Death was one of prosperity and growth in Europe

In other words, B came after A, so A must have caused B. Classic logical fallacy, and you can wear yourself out finding obvious examples of this fallacy in news reporting every day (without the journalist showing any evidence whatsoever linking the two). By this logic the introduction of Social Security caused World War II, the internment of Japanese-Americans caused the manufacturing resurgence of post-war Japan, and record high gas prices are caused by Kwame Kilpatrick's sordid love affair. Sheesh.

On the contrary to their argument, I would argue that a highly technological society relies heavily on specialization and division of labor, which in turn depends on a large population. It also depends on innovation, which requires large numbers of scientists and engineers to maintain and innovate. I predict that technology progress will be severely hampered, and actual application of technology may stall out altogether, as population declines set in.

[Cacique]

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[the invisib1e hand]

I’m glad some people have the patience to demolish these idiot argument that swarm like so many gnats.

[Sun]

I’m worried about the antilife ZEALOTS.