From: krueger@galileo.physics.arizona.edu (Ted Krueger)
Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.correct,alt.rush.limbaugh,alt.activism
Subject: Re: How overcrowded is the world? ?
Date: 11 Dec 92 15:52:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

In article <aquilanm.724040477@helium> aquilanm@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Mark T Aquilano ) writes:
> 
>I'm replying to an old thread, but I think you're leaving something very    
>critical out of the overpopulation problem - what kind of quality of life
>will we have when more and more true wilderness is tamed to provide for teh
>growing population.  In you hypothetical model, this is an obvious problem.
>Where would the poor people in your Texas go to be totally away from it all -
>all the crime, violence and poverty that are growing day by day in all of the
>cities whose population densities you cited couldn
>couldn't help but also develop in your Texas.
>
>Taking the real world into account, one of the best solutions to population
>growth is being totally overlooked by the world community.  What is the 
>number one form of birth control in the world?  Read UNICEF's State of the
>World's Children Report - it is education for women! (obviously this is not 
>at the expense of education for men).  Educated women have a much better
>shot at stability in life, and it is instability and a feeling of insecurity
>that breeds population growth.  If growth is a reflection of insecurity,
>and insecurity can never exist for long without leading to wars and a 
>general escalation of violence in the world, why would anyone want to 
>see the world's population continue to grow, even if the Earth is capable of
>handling this growth? Untried, peaceful solutions that would increase
>the quality of life for EVERYONE in the world are falling by the wayside.
>    
>End of Sermon
>
>Mark Aquilano
>
>aquilanm@gas.uug.arizona.edu
>
> 

Mark, you just don't get it. :{  As I stated in the post, I was not arguing 
that everyone SHOULD move to Texas, merely answering the self-evident (I 
thought) question:  If it is possible for everyone to live in Texas, is 
our world overcrowded?  The answer is obviously no.  All of these other 
problems, such as lack of education, lack of freedom, lack of political 
power, lack of (fill in the blank) are all exactly that.  Other problems.  
They should be dealt with on their own and not by attempting to goad 
people into believing that our planet is overpopulated.

Have you heard about Paul Erlick?  He wrote "The Population Bomb" many years 
ago.  He predicted a large increase in population and claimed that many 
nasty circumstances would result (worldwide food shortage, rampant government 
collapse, and countless other nasties).  Only one of his predictions was 
correct.  The population increased nearly exactly as much as he said it 
would, but without a single one of the bad consequences.

Ted

-- 
So the Maples formed a union, and demanded equal rights, "The Oaks are just 
too greedy.  We will make them give us light!"  Now there's no more Oak 
oppression, for they passed a noble law.  And the trees are all kept equal, 
by hatchet, axe and saw.     -  Rush, The Trees
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