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Posted by krw on August 19, 2007, 11:34 am
mbarrow@performancehomes.com says...
>
> > mbarrow@performancehomes.com says...
> >>
> >> > news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, aemeijers@att.net says...
> >> >>
> >> >> (snip)
> >> >> >>> I always tell people who think there's too many people to, "Be my
> >> >> >>> guest,
> >> >> >>> you go first!", but the hypocrites NEVER oblige.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> And how many kids will you have during your lifetime?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > And what the hell does that have to do with anything?
> >> >> >
> >> >> If you have to ask, explanations will likely be pointless. Look up
> >> >> 'carrying
> >> >> capacity'.
> >> >>
> >> >> (Standard disclaimer- I am not one of those wacko 'childfree' zealots.
> >> >> I
> >> >> <like> kids, and replacements have to come from somewhere. But now
> >> >> that
> >> >> most
> >> >> of us do NOT live on farms and need to breed our own help, and now
> >> >> that 1
> >> >> kid in 3 or so DOESN'T die by age five, well, maybe 'replacements'
> >> >> should
> >> >> be
> >> >> the term people keep in mind. 2.3 kids per breeding couple or so will
> >> >> assure
> >> >> population doesn't go down. Maybe a little higher to take into account
> >> >> the
> >> >> people like me that never succeeded in reproducing.
> >> >
> >> > IIRC, a birth rate of 2.2/female is the replacement rate, which
> >> > includes "people like you" and deaths before childbearing age.
> >> >
> >> >> I am one kid out of 8,
> >> >> with 7 surviving. Families that large make no economic or ecological
> >> >> sense
> >> >> any more. My sisters that did have kids had 2 each, so the genetic
> >> >> line
> >> >> will
> >> >> go on.)
> >> >
> >> > I'm one in four. Our average is 2 (my wife an I have one and one
> >> > brother with three).
> >>
> >> And both of you miss the crucial points.
> >
> > What, that you're an idiot, pretending to be human?
>
> The idiot is the jerkoff you see in the mirror. You can buffalo your
> braindead peers, but you're way out of your league.
Obviously I'm not in your league, fortunately.
> Try learning how the real world works rather than sucking the
> teachers/handlers dick.
Wow, you are an idiot, in a league of your own.
> Are you even remotely familiar with world-wide demographics the past 50
> years? Doubtful.
Clueless, at that.
> >
> >> Typical.
> >
> > 'Tis true, at least on the Usenet.
> >
> > --
> > Keith
> Learn some history (not the public skool variety), learn some economics (not
> the Marxist variety), learn something about production, creativity and real
> demographics.
Totally clueless.
> In other words: Get a clue.
You first, comrade.
> Or, I suppose you could just keep demonstrating your real ignorance.
Kepp going. I'm having fun with your cluelessness.
> Or you could just respond like the typical children, mimicking what your
> handlers want to hear and understanding nothing.
Still...
> In fact, I expect more of yours and "aem" (who can't even abbreviate his
> name) churlish drivel.
Speaking of which, have you actually read what you spew?
> At least you don't make idiots of yourselves in a open form like Paul Erlich
You misspelled "Matt Barrow".
--
Keith
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