Comment 33246

By Michelle Martin (registered) - website | Posted September 05, 2009 at 10:02:26

The question "Are there too many people?" is the wrong question to ask, and leads us to look at individuals purely in terms of a cost/benefit analysis, and excuses us from changing our own behaviour where the environment or care for our fellow human beings are concerned. It is as wrong a question to ask as "How can I make more money than I could possibly need?" Both were questions worthy of the likes of Ebenezer Scrooge.

As someone who works with members of a vulnerable population, the potential for this to be the focus for us or for governments worries me. The questions of "How can I best help someone else who needs it?" or "How can government best care for its citizens?" become obscured when the existence itself of individuals is seen to be the problem.

To call Chinese population policies "directed" is surely euphemistic:

http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa75761.000/hfa75761_0.htm http://maps.unomaha.edu/peterson/funda/S...

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