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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:11 PM Original message |
Chris Hedges: We Are Breeding Ourselves to Extinction |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks a lot Octo-Mom! |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. she already has-i expect her to land a 'real life w/OctoMom' |
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ComtesseDeSpair (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bravo. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. LOL. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Absolutely - and those with many kids should be paying shitloads! |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yeah, you'd think. |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Good luck with that! |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. I would support a tax break for you voluntarily taking |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Some of us have been talking about overpopulation since the early 70s... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Shit, it's hard to talk about it here on DU. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I know - tried it once and you'd think I claimed babies should be shot. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Yep; overpopulation is the last taboo topic |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I have - no one's listening - populationconnection.org has been around for years |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 07:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Zero Population Growth. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Let the bombardment of this thread by Offended Breeders begin. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I love children! |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. You're probably not cooking them properly. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. global warming will take care of the breeding problem - the earth would like to |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Indeed. We think of these things in purely human terms, |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
45. I believe that it was Kurt Vonnegut Jr who likened humans to a virus...attacking Mother Earth. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'd say the biggest perps in this are religious nutbags. |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. You should be proud. That's what we're supposed to do. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Ah yes but someone here has to pull out the "breeders" line, |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. You're a eugenicist |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. You can have ours. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. That was totally my motivation for having a child! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Within Twenty years, the fertility rates for human beings will be .01% |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. You can't extrapolate alligator sex determination to human - they depend on egg temperature |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. He had help from his brother & also inserted data from egg attachment rates 4 mammals |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. We absolutely ARE. Sawing off the very branch upon which our existence is perched... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Which is why I chose not to have children n/t |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Same here...... |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. You're not the only. How can you be "selfish" against something that doesn't exist. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. A fundie type called me a freak for not wanting to have a child. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. What could possibly be more selfish than bringing a child into this mess: |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. It's hysterical when they call us selfish |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
47. I agree |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
59. It is projection. |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. No, in fact, you are very, very selfless. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Same here - that's one huge reason. n/t |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. My ex Jehovah's Witness boss said that women who don't have kids aren't |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. the worst line in the bible: go forth and multiply |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I heard a Christian speaker make sense on this subject |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. The problem isn't just the Third World family having 6 or 8 or more kids. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. It presumes constant trends. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. The primary problem is already water. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Yep. They say water is the next "oil". |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Watereverywhere - if only the salinity of the |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. I have a bumper sticker: |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. The ONLY tax deductions allowed for kids after the 2nd child... |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. the fundies |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Well, the operative directive is of course to be fruitful first and then multiply... |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. interesting |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. Think of each species as a corporation |
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Shireling (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. It would be nice |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
44. Too many people might be the source of virtually every problem we have today... |
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DUlover2909 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
49. An interesting group, if nothing else: |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
50. Hedges, like most Malthusians, gets it wrong. Over population is not an urgent issue. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Good comment. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. Another hateful rant by a seasoned pro. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. There's always the Oyzmandius solution... |
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