Are we next?

[Weasel]

Here is an interesting look at our race on this planet. This topic came up on another list when the passenger pigeon came up.

At least read the last paragraph if nothing else.

www.well.com/user/davidu/sixthextinction.html

[SkyRider]

We'll all go when it's our time. Doesn't matter how, we'll just go XD

[Weasel]

It does matter how we go....Are we going to take everything else with us?....I'm for sterilization of at least 50% of the human race to prevent over population. We need a good natural disaster to wipe a few hundred million of us off the planet. We are like a virus to the planet.

[SkyRider]

In that case yeah, but you go for being sterlized thanks. That wouldn't go over too well with the unlucky 50%

[Weasel]

I don't want kids....so I sorted that one out..... ;D Kids are an STD.

[Ooby]

Its funny because i look at people with large familys and it upsets me.

I personally believe that when you and your spouse add to the population of the earth by creating more than you started with (2 parents having 3 kids is 1 more than started the family) you are part of the problem. We are all part of the problem, but i agree with weasel, we need something large to thin out the mix.

The ultimate cause for all this IMO is that we have no natural predators anymore, and our health profesionals have gotten so good, regardless of how nutsty we think they are.

However, we can't take away the right to have kids. It wouldn't be america anymore. We will just have to rely on the common sense of man and woman... which should shove us all in the hole in a few hundred years.

[Austin]

Well some people are doing something about the population problem anyway, over 90,000 abortions every day in America, and some of you are paying for them/ but the American people will never do anything about what goes on, why? As long as they have a roof over their head, a pocket full of money, a car in the drive and some type of recreation vehicle in the back yard, they could care less. Each and every indiviual has their own perspectives on how it should be based on personal idealisms// That's why I'm moving back into the woods when I retire where I won't have to be around society and their compexities. By then I will have had 39 years of law enforcement and dealing with idiots

[Ooby]

This is why our nations leaders need to confront this issue and lead the people out of this problem.

Left up to the populace alone, it will never get fixed.

Unfortunately, our country is run by a bunch of self centered dipnutss who don't give two nutss about where the country actually goes. Or if they do, they don't have a clue as to how to get it there.

It really does suck when you vote for the lesser of the two evils. I can't think of a single election i was actually excited about my candidate winning. it was always, "I hope we don't end up with that jerk."

[SkyRider]

And how would you approach this situation without pissing off America Ooby?

Think about it, if the president got up there and said something along the lines of "Half of you are to be sterilized" or "You may only have X amount of kids" or "Abortion is now legal everywhere" do you have any idea how upset people everywhere would get. Honestly, there's not much they could do short of a mass extermination which would piss us all off again.

[Weasel]

They could come up with a chemical sterilization that its put into the drinking water.

[Ooby]

SkyRider said:

And how would you approach this situation without pissing off America Ooby?

Think about it, if the president got up there and said something along the lines of "Half of you are to be sterilized" or "You may only have X amount of kids" or "Abortion is now legal everywhere" do you have any idea how upset people everywhere would get. Honestly, there's not much they could do short of a mass extermination which would piss us all off again.

Well ya, actually there is a LOT they could do. They could point out to the people what we as a race have done to the planet. Focus thier attention off of war and greed, and onto conservation. There is quite a bit they can do, thats why they are LEADERS. nuts, if the President of the United States can't bring a subject to the countries attention, who can?

[SkyRider]

How do you think people would react to that? Some people like big families. Other guys don't want to be sterilized. America would overthrow it's government faster than you could blink.

Weasel, if they put that in the drinking water, the whole nation would become sterilized and you'd have a pissed off nation that they didn't have a choice about it. It'd be the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. One more behind-the-back stunt and America would flip.

[Ooby]

Ill just be blunt.

yer wrong skyrider. There is a lot the government could do, they just choose to ignore the problem.

[SkyRider]

Okay, I'll be blunt right back ;D

The hell anyone is gonna sterilize me.

[Ooby]

Jesus christ, no one was serious about sterilization. And i was talking about the government using its leadership to educate america on the growing problem of over population. Is it spelled out enough for you now?