Hundred Years War predates the Prodestant Reformation by nearly 75 years... ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Trumpeter's Marder I auf GW 38(h) Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. ------------------------------------------------------------ Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
-----Original Message----- From: "John W Redelfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:07:33 To:"Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Subject: Re: The Morality of Killing Babies On 9/8/06, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > John W Redelfs wrote: > > > > So what? In the USA people need to eat less anyway. And globally, > there > > needs to be a reduction in population that could most easily be > > effected by widespread starvation. People extol the virtues of > > abortion and birth control, but doesn't starvation, disease and war > > control over population just as well? > > > No. > > Starvation and War have, historically, made no impact on the > growth of population - probably they even had the opposite effect. > And disease should be quite devastating - like AIDS in Africa - > to have a significant effect. Well, when you consider that mankind has been around during historical times for over 6,000 years, and when you consider that accurate census data has only been available for a little of a hundred years, and when you consider that such data has been available only in those parts of the world where there are accurate censuses taken, I find it hard to take your above assertion seriously. How could you or anyone possibly know? I may be wrong, because I do not have a lot of confidence in history, but it is my understanding that the One Hundred Years War that took place in Europe following the Protestant Reformation had a huge impact on the population of Europe for many decades. Historical records seem to indicate that the Black Death of the 14th Century had an enormous impact. Some reputable paleoanthropologists who have made a life's study of prehistoric America now believe that when Europeans made first contact with the natives of America, that smallpox preceded them everywhere they went and was responsible for the relative emptiness of the Americas which actually had a much larger population than has been previously thought. But you may be right. I just have no confidence that you are. John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************** Do you play World of Warcraft? Let me know. Maybe we can play together. *********************************************************** All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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