Unofficial Poll: Pop Rushing

[Inverse Icarus]

what is your stance on Pop Rushing (killing off population points to hurry a unit / improvement)?

IIRC, the rushing causes unhappiness "we cannot forget the cruel oppressio you have forced on us", for 20 turns. This unhappiness can be subdued by temples / military police.

here are your choices:

I would allow Pop Rushing with 20 turns between them.
I would allow Pop Rushing at any time for emergencies / population control.
I would never allow Pop Rushing.

[Edrix]

If it works to the benefit of our current situation, or is absolutely necessary for a desired effect to take place, then pop-rushing is a good measure.

[Robber Baron]

Yes, I foresee pop-rushing. In our situation, we need to use any means necessary to survive and expand. Though for the most part I'd hold off on pop-rushing in under 20 turns, except to consolidate our hold on a captured city by population control.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Uber, posting a poll on Civil Liberties?



Seriously, though, ( ) in the situation we are in, it is easy to stir up enough fervent patriotism to convince a couple of citizens to sacrifice themselves so that we might live as a nation. Only in such dire circumstances as we are in justifies pop-rushing, however.

[Kuciwalker]

Manually add +1 to 2nd option (grrr why won't it let me vote!?).

[badman]

i usually don't poprush because of the resulating unhappy citizens. if we have unhappy people because of too much population, poprushing won't help us unless we waste 2 citizens or more and that loss of production/commerce usually (if not always) erazes the benefits of a poprushed improvement / unit.
but if we have an emergency, it will be okay so i voted for the second option.

[Apocalypse]

If there is a true emergency, then I have no problem with it.

[Kuciwalker]

I don't want to forbid this if we need to.

[DAVOUT]

I do not like the pop rushing idea, so I don't use it. I think also that until the 19 century, the buiding of great monuments (pyramide) or great works such as railroads or canals, resulted in signicant human losses, even without the intention to kill populations. The only case where civil works were intently organized to exterminate populations are the siberian goulags and the nazi concentration camps : I simply cannot imagine to help demontrating that it is useful or even necessary.
In my opinion, which is as humble as any other, but perhaps more (I like the saying : regarding modesty, I am second to none ), the strategy begins in counting your assets, and continues in choosing those you want to use.

[kring]

I voted no. We need to factor in that on Emperor, we don't have that many content citizens born to begin with.

[Harovan]

Yes, for emergencies/pop control. When we have hooked up some luxuries, we can rush more often.

[OPD]

lol
gald to see all that ethics stuff being ignored

[DAVOUT]

OPD,

May I say I agree with O.Wilde ?

[civman2000]

emergencies only. I don't like this so called "population control" being grouped with emergencies thoguh

[Epistax]

How could you possibly answer "never"? Have you gone under brain surgery that went wrong? Let me redefine emergency for you: If you don't, that city is no longer yours.

Do you still say never?