I think that it is clear that nature will restore a balance if necessary. If we are indeed over-populated (and I suspect that is the case), the balance will be restored through the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, in some kind of combination. Whether Ronn will find that less offensive I cannot say. Kevin B. O'Brien
There's a vast difference between people dying despite everything possible at the time being done to save them and some people channeling E. Scrooge and saying that it would be A Good Thing for other folks to die and "reduce the surplus population." Or does IAAMOAC mean that civilized behavior includes throwing other people under the wheels in order to save themselves? . . . ronn! :) ronn, i said it would be "A Good Thing" FOR THE PLANET... i was not advocating genocide, not was i suggesting other people should die so i could live. i will say that if humans are the cause of their own extinction, there is a sort of poetic justice. to quote larry niven, "think of it as evolution in action"... jon --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l