Slate article: Famines of the future. We've been warned April 17, 2014 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 6,607 |
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a "why don't you just kill yourself then" BINGO!
I doubt Malthus will have the last laugh, given that he is dead.
At the risk of sounding mean, to those of you worried about overpopulation, get over yourselves and fertilize the soil already with your bodies. Fewer mouths to feed that way, you consume less carbon emitting products, you can provide nutrients to the soil, etc.
When one looks at Russia, it is far below population replacement levels; they are likely not to be a superpower in 50 years because there will be no one to change their depends diapers....
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While Soylent green is gross cuz it's eating PEOPLE, the concept of assisted suicide, choosing when to go, painlessly, is something to consider.
Re: Slate article: Famines of the future. We've been warned April 18, 2014 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 6,607 |
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While Soylent green is gross cuz it's eating PEOPLE, the concept of assisted suicide, choosing when to go, painlessly, is something to consider.
There was a story recently about a woman who was 89 years old who went to Dignitas to end her life because she was just tired of living in the world as it is. It sounded like she was CF. There were people actually saying that she shouldn't have had the right to choose to die. I wonder how many of those same people would have said she should just "kill herself" because she didn't breed.
But I agree - I think the option of painless assisted suicide is something that should be made available to all. It's so weird to me how being able to breed is considered a "right" but this is not the case for access to health care (which is considered a "privilege") and being able to choose when and how to die, with medical assistance (which is either illegal or can be difficult to obtain). I've recently seen this new thing where suffering in illness is experiencing "Christ's passion" or some crazy shit. It scares me that we have so many sick in the head masochists running around, and they have influence.
/sorry if I'm rambling, I'm still waking up
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a "why don't you just kill yourself then" BINGO!
I doubt Malthus will have the last laugh, given that he is dead.
At the risk of sounding mean, to those of you worried about overpopulation, get over yourselves and fertilize the soil already with your bodies. Fewer mouths to feed that way, you consume less carbon emitting products, you can provide nutrients to the soil, etc.
When one looks at Russia, it is far below population replacement levels; they are likely not to be a superpower in 50 years because there will be no one to change their depends diapers....
Re: Slate article: Famines of the future. We've been warned April 19, 2014 | Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 6,607 |