http://greensense.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:56:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://greensense.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-convenient-solution-to-an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-23 Idetrorce Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:56:01 +0000 http://greensense.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-convenient-solution-to-an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-23 very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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]]> http://greensense.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-convenient-solution-to-an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-22 greensense Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:18:18 +0000 http://greensense.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-convenient-solution-to-an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-22 I'd like to laugh at your abuse of facts, but it's really just sad. The right to procreate is NOT a human right. Do you have that particular bill-- cause I've never seen it. And, the rate of Chinese babies being killed has been grossly overstated. In any case if you read the full blog, you'd see that my suggetions would avoid such a scenario. Are you really that concerned about sr. citizens? Let me clue you in on something. That's an economic, medical and social burden, not even close to being on par with global warming. That's like worrying about a crooked painting while your house is burning down. Besides, if we gave a shit about anyone over age 70 in this country rather than viewing them as a burden, perhaps we wouldn't view some of our most valued intellectual assets as economic burdens! Maybe if we had less new lives popping out, we'd value our old ones more...eh? I’d like to laugh at your abuse of facts, but it’s really just sad. The right to procreate is NOT a human right. Do you have that particular bill– cause I’ve never seen it. And, the rate of Chinese babies being killed has been grossly overstated. In any case if you read the full blog, you’d see that my suggetions would avoid such a scenario. Are you really that concerned about sr. citizens? Let me clue you in on something. That’s an economic, medical and social burden, not even close to being on par with global warming. That’s like worrying about a crooked painting while your house is burning down. Besides, if we gave a shit about anyone over age 70 in this country rather than viewing them as a burden, perhaps we wouldn’t view some of our most valued intellectual assets as economic burdens! Maybe if we had less new lives popping out, we’d value our old ones more…eh?

]]> http://greensense.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-convenient-solution-to-an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-21 Emily Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:38:35 +0000 http://greensense.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-convenient-solution-to-an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-21 To have a child is a basic human right, and what you are advocating is a breach of one of the most fundamental of human rights. The end does not justify the means. Funny, but I thought the left was all about human rights. What a joke! In China, before the one child policy was introduced, couples, too, were offered incentives to sterilize themselves, go on the pill, etc. And now - many Chinese women are forcibly sterilized and many who fall pregnant for a second or third time have their unborn babies forcibly ripped from them. Various international organizations have reported on such incidents. Infanticide of baby girls is also happening on a large scale. China, being the patriarchal society that it is, does not value women. Do you see where what you are advocating leads??? Anyway, if you look at the TFR of countries throughout the western world (Europe, US, Australia, etc) and, indeed, many developing nations, they are not replacing themselves(that is, the national TFR is below 2.1). The effect an ageing population is going to have on these nations - and the world - in the years to come will be more devastaing than supposed global warming. To have a child is a basic human right, and what you are advocating is a breach of one of the most fundamental of human rights. The end does not justify the means. Funny, but I thought the left was all about human rights. What a joke!
In China, before the one child policy was introduced, couples, too, were offered incentives to sterilize themselves, go on the pill, etc. And now – many Chinese women are forcibly sterilized and many who fall pregnant for a second or third time have their unborn babies forcibly ripped from them. Various international organizations have reported on such incidents. Infanticide of baby girls is also happening on a large scale. China, being the patriarchal society that it is, does not value women. Do you see where what you are advocating leads???
Anyway, if you look at the TFR of countries throughout the western world (Europe, US, Australia, etc) and, indeed, many developing nations, they are not replacing themselves(that is, the national TFR is below 2.1). The effect an ageing population is going to have on these nations – and the world – in the years to come will be more devastaing than supposed global warming.

]]> http://greensense.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-convenient-solution-to-an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-2 greensense Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:11:54 +0000 http://greensense.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/a-convenient-solution-to-an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-2 Funny but not so funny. This could work! Funny but not so funny. This could work!

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