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Subject:	Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 28 May 2004 18:43:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > Richard > > > Still baldly going... > > > > Now this is why I hang out here.. > > > > Very nicely stated, Richard. > > Hmmm, I thought it was a bit long winded and sort of lost track at > the per capita part. In my politically incorrect world it seems a > large part of the problem is those darned capitas. The third world > produces so many of them it messes up the whole per thing. In first > world public school we were beaten senseless with the "no more than 2.1 > per" mantra. But following that rule in the first world, and not in > the 3rd leads to an even greater imbalance between the per capitas. > I think that's the real reason for all the really nasty problems, but > I don't know how to fix it. Well, part of the reason that people in third-world nations have 10 kids is because 80% of those kids will likely die before puberty. Obviously that's not an inviolable statistic, and just as obviously it's not the only cause of skewed population growth, but it's a big factor. As a remedy, we first world nations should probably consider other forms of aid than abstinence-based education. Further, if first world nations faced a similar youth-based mortality rate, then we'd see a revision of the 2.1 rule. Dave!

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		Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
(...) You don't actually have to look to the 3rd world to see the problem. It exists in your own backyard. The have-nots everywhere seem to reproduce faster. The imbalance will always exist, maybe it's programmed into our genes. You can bicker over (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
(...) Hi. 80% mortality? Not likely. In fact, the opposite is true; that's what's helping the problem of overpopulation along. The real pushing force is the labor value of children; in agricultural societies--or, better put, societies that still (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
(...) There is a negative correlation between the average family size and the per capita GDP (or any of a number of other economic maturity indicators), in that as GDP goes up, people have less children. This is attributed to the shift away from (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
(...) Hmmm, I thought it was a bit long winded and sort of lost track at the per capita part. In my politically incorrect world it seems a large part of the problem is those darned capitas. The third world produces so many of them it messes up the (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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