The "Imminent" destruction of humanity......

[ZenitYerkes]

I have to say you're right and agree with you in many points, and about the human population I have to raise an important thing: the predator-prey balance. See, when there are too many predators preys begin to die out until there are almost none left, and the predators die of starvation. Then the preys' number begin to rise again,...

Humanity will get into a similar cycle. Once the resources regeneration process reached its top and there is no food for everyone, the agony will begin. A WWIII before 2030 could be expected with ease after this'd happened.

EDIT: Just read the text you put under the Overpopulation photograph; sorry for not seeing you already made this point before.

[Spock]

Thanks for your reply everyone.

Originally Posted by rapunzel77

Although you bring up some good points in your essay, I can't help but be disturbed by the attitude demonstrated in the essay on human beings. I might be wrong or I might be reading it wrong but it seems that you would like to see less people on this earth, less of what you call "dumb" people on this earth. What I find disturbing about this is the attitude that humans are not worth much. That they can be discarded and reduced since they amount to nothing more than trash in the eyes of some. In fact, this seems to be eerily close to what certain people, eugenicists believed in the 19th-20th centuries. It was the sort of belief that gave rise to Nazism and the final solution. This is why I am very disturbed by the overpopulation discussions that were going on in the AF forums.

I seem to be the only one disturbed by the attitude that it would be fine to let people in 3rd world countries starve and die since they are worth nothing apparently.

I know that there are many environmental problems. I believe there needs to be solutions to those problems but I also strongly believe they can be done with the attitude of love for all life, including human life since we live here too. I believe strongly that all life is a gift. All human life is a gift. We are all gifts to each other. The earth, the animals, plants, etc are also gifts to be loved and protected. Human beings should be regarded the same way. It is very sad that we have been terrible to each other. That we have shown hate instead of love.

We all have a free will. A free choice. It would be very, very tragic that in the name of saving earth, we would take away the choice of a person to have children because they weren't the "right" sort of people. This is a sad attitude.

I will probably be flamed for this. I don't know. I just find it so sad and I feel lonely on this board and on the AF because very few share this belief it seems .

Hey, I don't think human life is worthless, I admit I have lost alot of respect for humanity. What I do think is that human populations should be more based around what our habitat can offer up until our technology is good enough to give everyone worldwide a western quality of living. To attempt to solve the problems at this point in time is only inflating the problem (I explain why in my blog).

Sorry for sounding a little to 'efficient' but thats just how I come across.

Originally Posted by ZenitYerkes

I have to say you're right and agree with you in many points, and about the human population I have to raise an important thing: the predator-prey balance. See, when there are too many predators preys begin to die out until there are almost none left, and the predators die of starvation. Then the preys' number begin to rise again,...

Humanity will get into a similar cycle. Once the resources regeneration process reached its top and there is no food for everyone, the agony will begin. A WWIII before 2030 could be expected with ease after this'd happened.

EDIT: Just read the text you put under the Overpopulation photograph; sorry for not seeing you already made this point before.

Are you applying the predator-prey balance to resources? I'm not sure if thats a good idea as hydrocarbons take up to 30 million years to regenerate.....

But thanks for you input.

[rapunzel77]

[QUOTE=Spock;8372]Thanks for your reply everyone.

Hey, I don't think human life is worthless, I admit I have lost alot of respect for humanity. What I do think is that human populations should be more based around what our habitat can offer up until our technology is good enough to give everyone worldwide a western quality of living. To attempt to solve the problems at this point in time is only inflating the problem (I explain why in my blog).

Thank you for the clarification . I agree that we need to work with nature, not against it. It will be difficult to achieve but it is necessary because this current "civilized" bubble that we are in will not last forever.

Sorry for sounding a little to 'efficient' but thats just how I come across.

Yeah, that is how it came accross. Perhaps I should have read it more carefully. Thank you for the clarification though .