On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:25:52 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2013-09-10 3:53 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 08:50:34 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Let's face it - we are too many people fouling a too small nest. Where will the breaking point be?
>>
>> Nearly every significant problem we face is due to overpopulation.
>>
>> Where will the breaking point will be is a good question... we are
>> still a *long* way from the point where most people will accept that
>> we can't keep on breeding at the rate that we currently are, or even
>> giving it a second's thought for that matter.
>
>The unfortunate thing about it is that those of us who have demonstrated
>the ability to take care of ourselves have come to realize that there is
>population growth problem have taken steps to deal with it. Most people
>in the developed world have stopped having large families, limiting
>themselves to 1-2 children. Meanwhile, those in the poorest and most
>densely populated countries are still having large families.you have to
>wonder when you see coverage of famine relief project and see people
>coming in with 12 or more half starved kids. We constantly see scenes of
>huge families of scrawny, underfed kids. If they can't feed the kids
>they have they should not have more.

You've touched on a serious problem there - and as callus as it
sounds, I sometimes wonder if we are really helping by feeding these
starving people, for precisely the reasons you outlined.

There is a famine... many people starve and die. Rest of the world
comes to their aid, the famine passes... and they breed up again, and
so the cycle begins again. Clearly the land cannot support the
population base. Simple as that.