[adorno]

I say that anyone deciding arbitrarily how many people there should be, then enjoining others to join him in keeping it at that level carries the seeds of a dangerous control freak despot.

Hey, dude (dudette?), what I said was more of a request for people to please control themselves. It wasn't meant as an order or as a despotic ruling. Get a grip!

BTW, did you read the rest of my post where I said that we (the world) might even be able to accommodate the many billions of other people? What I did say is that, though the world might be capable of handling 20 or 30 more billion people, it wasn't such a good idea. Nothing despotic about that!

[Red Boots]

That’s why I didn’t say you were a despot, dude ! I said carries the seeds of it. You do understand the difference, I hope. I stand by my conclusion, too. It does carry the seeds of it because at it’s core is the idea that at some point, people are a bad idea.