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| The sky is falling, the sky is falling! |
| Wednesday, 14 April 2010 13:58 |
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It was with concern that we hear in the media of the newest portfolio created by the federal government – that of “population control” minister. Reminiscent of ‘the sky is falling’ climate change hype, (and previously “the big chill” in the 60s), we now see mega media hype of population growth. According to a Dr Aaron Bernstein (a paediatrician – ie baby doctor - who seems to want to do himself out of a job) population growth must be slashed to “protect human health and wellbeing”. The irony is he states that “population growth is one of the two biggest threats to the future of life on earth”. Seems that if we can’t scare people into not having children using the ‘earth is heating up’ theory, we need to go back to ‘too many people/the world will run out of food’ theory to achieve this result. When any kind of difficulty has fallen in front of mankind, there have been those among us smart enough to work their way around the problem without employing methods that cause loss of life either before birth or to those old, ill or frail. We hope that the normal, natural challenge of a growth in population can be the catalyst for clever, healthy life-giving solutions being found. |