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**Pashtet** · 07-06-2010, 07:02 PM

You're equating birth control with nuclear warfare? Speaking of stupid arguments...

I didn't say a thing about birth control. Population reduction = population reduction. Pretty easy equation there, we are just arguing methodology.

Just look to Japan for an great example of how badly a low birthrate kills a country. Sure Tokyo and the big cities are fine for the moment, but look at most of Kyushu. The population of Nagasaki City is down 30% in the past 10 years, the outlying islands are down 50%. The cities are bankrupt. The socialized heath care system is bankrupt, and the nenkin system is out of money. Healthcare and nenkin are parts of the country wide infrastructure. Population reduction is not a sustainable model.

The keys to protecting the earth are putting sustainable practices in place and educating people. A great example of this is the guy who lives in Chicago and buys organic vegetables from California instead of locally grown produce thinking organic is some how more 'green'. The fact of the matter is that shipping produce that is easily grown locally causes more damage to the environment than the BP oil spill, and that is on a global scale.

07-06-2010, 07:02 PM	#18
Pashtet Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 421 Senior Member	You're equating birth control with nuclear warfare? Speaking of stupid arguments... I didn't say a thing about birth control. Population reduction = population reduction. Pretty easy equation there, we are just arguing methodology. Just look to Japan for an great example of how badly a low birthrate kills a country. Sure Tokyo and the big cities are fine for the moment, but look at most of Kyushu. The population of Nagasaki City is down 30% in the past 10 years, the outlying islands are down 50%. The cities are bankrupt. The socialized heath care system is bankrupt, and the nenkin system is out of money. Healthcare and nenkin are parts of the country wide infrastructure. Population reduction is not a sustainable model. The keys to protecting the earth are putting sustainable practices in place and educating people. A great example of this is the guy who lives in Chicago and buys organic vegetables from California instead of locally grown produce thinking organic is some how more 'green'. The fact of the matter is that shipping produce that is easily grown locally causes more damage to the environment than the BP oil spill, and that is on a global scale.
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