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In a message dated 8/16/05 10:48:26 AM, duff@innergy.ca writes:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">I'm a little concerned about the attacking voice of this posting. Especially from one that appears to be a voice that is listened to on this list.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><I>Yes, it was probably too forceful. Certainly not meant as attack. But was construed as such by at least yourself. As for being listened to, well, that's not my impression, believe me. I often feel like a voice completely out of sync with most on this list.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"> And a final consideration:<BR>
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</I></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">We are now facing overwhelming overpopulation on a worldwide scale, with the population continuing to grow at an alarming (and increasing) rate. Much of this is due to the decline in mortality rates. While i am very affected by human suffering and death, i must question whether it is actually a boon to humankind to have such runaway growth. Certainly in animal populations such unchecked growth results in decline and sometimes extinction of a species as the resources it relies on disappear.<BR>
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I'm not stating hard opinions but rather raising questions to consider. In fact, i wouldn't be alive myself without modern medicine as i was the 2nd Rh+ child of an Rh- mother and would have died without a transfusion.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><I>I believe you are stating opinions, and one of them is that there are too many people around. I used to believe that but no longer do. For complex philosophical and practical reasons I won't deal with here on list. Suffice it to say that the animal populations do not have thinking/reasoning brains to deal with their overpopulation, so the analogy fails. The UN is busily reducing it's projections of population growth because 'things are changing'. At least so a news item I read recently said. <BR>
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I appreciate the references and will read them in the future. I am however doubtful that man has done very little to increase life and its abundance. There were people who survived the Plague, who survived polio, etc., but many did not. I guess I come down on the side of those who would have died without the polio vaccine, etc. But, don't fear, maybe Ebola, or some other equally deadly disease, will solve the "problem" of too many people. I sincerely hope medical science helps me not be part of the solution. (btw, I've had three laser surgeries on my very myopic eyes and would likely be blind now and unable to read this list, so I'm for medicine.)<BR>
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