UK needs a two-child limit, says population report

[b etor]

my mother needed a two child limit

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Cost benefit maybe for a country, but on a personal basis having a lot of kids are more useful to families in developing nations because they start income earning a lot earlier and don't tend to need education to do what they do.

Of course, but we're talking about national policy.

[Dauphin]

Of course, what you are really saying is that it's better to be born in a rich country. Well no ****.

[fed1943]

Curious words: developed and in the developing.

Why not just say, developed and not developed?

Best regards,

[ghen]

Any kids over 2 have to be sent to Ethiopia to live? What?

[Caligastia]

What an insane article. It points out that birthrates are still below replacement and most of the growth is due to immigration, yet advocates a two-child limit? If they're concerned about the environment, and want to limit population growth, why don't they propose an end to immigration? That alone would be enough to shrink the population.

I also have to laugh at its hysterical far-off projections into the future. Oh no! In 70 years we will have 10 million people if nothing changes in the meantime!

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by fed1943
Curious words: developed and in the developing.

Why not just say, developed and not developed?

Best regards,

"developing" sounds a bit more positive.

[Dauphin]

Certainly more so than Third World.

[Cort Haus]

Next : Report advocates mass extermination of undesirables to meet green targets.

Seriously though, as someone with no plans to ever have children, it makes a change from being lectured to for being greedy and selfish.

[kittenOFchaos]

Conclusion? We need lebensraum and quick.

I say Canada looks abit empty and once we melt that ice off Greenland will be potentially useful.

[Dr Strangelove]

We should enroll this guy in the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement.

V oluntary E xtinction of H umans E nglish M ovement E stablished N ational T rust - V.E.H.E.M.E.N.T.

[Cort Haus]

In a long-past misanthrophic phase I used to propose a Campaign against Proliferation of Humans - driven by the notion that people are a problem. Now I feel that outlook to be a green version of Fascism and prefer to see humanity as a solution, rather than as a problem.

Btw Dr S, the 'National Trust' is already taken.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


Seriously though, as someone with no plans to ever have children, it makes a change from being lectured to for being greedy and selfish.

Nahh-- you are being environmentally responsible

Although I think the better soltion is to try to reduce the enviromental footprint of each person in a western developed nation.

I was looking at the packaging in a hardware store-- Does a screwdriver or set of pliers really need a big box with that clear plastic casing?-- The packaging ALL goes in the garbage. The brand name is usually right there on the tool so all that plastic is just wasteful ( and actually difficult to remove)

[Cort Haus]

Yeah, packaging is a nuisance where it's not needed. We don't want to roll back our gains in food-preservation though. There's nothing progressive about rotten meat.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Of course, what you are really saying is that it's better to be born in a rich country. Well no ****.