: Easy, easy. Overpopulation is, in fact, a problem, but on the social grounds. Taking China as an example, their overpopulation is a big problem only within their geographic borders. Too many people having to share scarce resources will lead to a decrease in the quality of life of that county. What is the impact on the US? None.
None? As far as I know, the US gets alot of it's resources from other countries. Oil, for example. I did not divide the earth into nations. I regard all life equally, no more or less important.
: The concern should be, in fact, with the dignity of the human life, not on selfish concerns about the availability of resources, like food and water.
There wouldn't be any human life if these resources were not available.
: And about the pollution that comes with the overpopulation? Yes, that also happens. But let me remember you the facts from the last Global Warming Summit, held in Japan: negotiators went to a crossroads and it was pretty hard to solve. The question was about restricting the emission of polluents on the atmosphere. This is a legitimate question. The US demanded the so-called third world countries to quickly reduce their emission levels, to revert the greenhouse effect.
True I am a US citizen, although I am by no means an ambassodor. I am active in changing the pollution levels of the US. I have read that the US constitutes only 5% of the world pop. yet uses 22% of the energy.
: Everything seems pretty fair, huh? Wrong. Most of the pollution comes from the largest industrial countries, right? The US is the largest industrial power in this world. The crossroads happened because their overall emission levels are much bigger than many other countries together. They wouldn't reduce their own levels, to keep the "american way of life" thing going. At the expense of the rest of the world.
: Which is not, by any means, right.
I never disagreed with that for a moment.
: Birth control = Abortion, you mean?
No, I don't. I don't personally regard abortion as "birth control" I regard that as terminating a pregnancy. Birth control and family planning involve contraceptives and education. I highly doubt the US government would fund abortions.
: As for the last paragraph, which I accidentally deleted, all I can say is that you have to look for your own defects before you go judging everybody else. Demanding birth control policies from third world countries is pointless, if you keep focusing your thoughts just on resources levels.
As far as I know, China is the only country currently enforcing birth control policies. I have no idea if others do. Education is the key of the programs I have learned about. I am sure the countries who make any such choices, do so after careful examination of their particular situation. Some people have tried to barge into countries and tell them how to do things, regarding birth control, and these attempts failed badly. I feel it is very hypocritical to do this. The earth is shared by all nations. There are many practices shared by industrialized nations that I disagree with.
None.
