culling the species

[Andrew Crystall]

On 16 May 2008 at 14:41, Deborah Harrell wrote:

> Best-case scenario for population reduction is
> education and economic empowerment for women, as I
> think Pat pointed out.  Micro-loan programs and

The issue is that certain minority population groups (different ones, 
in different parts of the world) won't cut their reproduction rates, 
and then they *won't* be a small minority for that long. And some of 
these groups have, well, less than complimentary views of the culture 
of the majority of the population.

(I guess I am biased on this one, and you can probably work out who 
I'm refering to..)

This is admitedly a huge issue in the West with its less-than-
replacement reproduction rates for majority ethnic groups, but it 
could become an issue elsewhere as well.

AndrewC