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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 19:06:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: > 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. 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 politics all you want, but this problem is gonna boil over soon no matter who runs what country and how. Meanwhile you might as well enjoy the little things. Especially those colorful little plastic things. Enjoy, Don

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		Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
(...) Well, I was only responding to the question as it was raised in regard to third world "per capita" breeding rates. (...) I don't know that we need to play the "genes" card right off the bat; it sort of implies that "proles naturally breed like (...) (20 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"
(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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