You're the one that needs a reality link, my friend, and if you think that I'm wasting your tine, then why are you bothering to reply? You also have the time...
There's been a recent deluge of pessimistic emails in this group. I'm tired of it, so here is an interview I read recently in the New Scientist magazine, which...
Thank you for sending this article, Sean. It does provide a more balanced view of human prospects. I'm not quite as sanguine as is Prof. Ausubel that humanity...
... Ok, sounds like you agree then that standard of living doesn't have to be proportional to increase in numbers of people. I agree that what you describe...
Jim Miller wrote: What if *voluntary* euthanasia became an honorable tradition, a ceremony our societies blessed for older people...would that be so ...
Hi Emma, I miss you. We are trying to adopt an ethiopian orphan. wb ... Most are afraid to die, but everyone is afraid of being lonely. The last person to die...
... The typical embrace of more technology as the solution to our problems isn't very novel or balanced, whether he's an ex-green or not. I'm sorry this group...
Hi, Jim. Thanks for the thoughtful reply. My main problem with what you've said is your idea of voluntary euthanasia. If the chance of voluntary human...
THE LESS CHILDREN THE BETTER - MORE FOR ME ! THE OLD ARE USELESS HAL - Useless eaters as the american government would say - just like the third world. Useful...
Rodney, next time try reading one of my posts before responding to it. I am not retired, I am still working. I hope to retire in the not too distant future but...
Are you being facetious, Rodney? "Useless eaters"? At what age do we stop being useful eaters? Perhaps more importantly, at what age did we become useful...
what about another movement? people killing themself at around 50 yrs of age and stop being a burden on the earth? live short, enjoy life. ... [Non-text...
... and stop being a burden on the earth? live short, enjoy life.< It already exists: http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/ For a few reasons why suicide isn't...
... In a hypothetical society which appropriately valued its impact on the natural systems which support us, and in which these values were deeply ingrained, I...
The baby industrial complex A Harvard economist reveals that the booming fertility industry is shockingly unregulated -- and says it's time for the U.S....
More scientists are agreeing with James Lovelock on global warming: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0211-05.htm In light of this news, what defense is...
Here is a snippet from the New Scientist. It may be bad news, but we need to hear it. In the US, it seems, it is inappropriate for scientists on the federal...
Hello, this is my first post here, and this is my intro. With that out of the way, here is the meat: I have read the entire site http://www.vhemt.org/ and I...
Hello, You have essentially answered your own questions. Qu.What is considered more important: the Earth, its ecosystem, and health OR humanity, its survival,...
From Jared Diamond's 2005 book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" (Viking, 2005). Many people know him as the author of "Guns, Germs, and...
Really, I wanted to email Les and say this, but I'll just post it here. This site is awesome, and sums up all the same things I've been saying for years....
I will agree that the chances of humans managing to do in all life on earth is pretty slim. However, it's not entirely impossible. That doesn't mean we're...
Majackmail, thanks for posting your comments here rather than emailing me personally. This way others who have the same concerns might get some answers. Plus,...
How ironic it is that one who advocates human extinction bases that position on the belief that "justice dictates" it, when justice is a purely human...
Les, Thank you for replying. The specific wording is used on the death page, in "Grim Reaper to the Rescue", but its more the save the earth concept carrying...
Hal, I would point out the justice is a purely human construct because humans are the only species that have had a need to create justice. Every "cruel"...
... belief that "justice dictates" it, when justice is a purely human construct; it does not exist in nature apart from us and would disappear from the earth...
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