On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 20:39:53 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:

> blake murphy > wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:49:22 -0800, Kent wrote:
>>
>>> "ravenlynne" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 12/29/2010 12:33 PM, blake murphy wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:13:32 -0500, ravenlynne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/29/2010 5:54 AM, sf wrote:
>>>>>>> It's the truth. Look at the populations of Japan and Italy. They are
>>>>>>> reproducing at less than a 1:1 rate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Italy is not reproducing because of poor hospitals and an extremely high
>>>>>> infant mortality rate, not because of choice. The people there want
>>>>>> babies desperately. It was terribly sad when I was there.
>>>>>
>>>>> as a matter of fact, italy has a lower infant mortality rate than the
>>>>> u.s.:
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate>
>>>>>
>>>>> your pal,
>>>>> blake
>>>>
>>>> Maybe it's regional. In southern italy that is not the case. People
>>>> couldn't carry pregnancies to term and lots of babies died. very sad. I
>>>> witnessed it first hand. We military americans with special issues with
>>>> pregnancies had to leave the country to get care because the medical care
>>>> there is sub par.
>>>>
>>>> Besides, wikipedia is never a legitimate source of info.
>>>>
>>> Much of Western Europe is reproducing at less than population sustaining
>>> rates, or less than two children per two parents. I believe that's true with
>>> the caucasian portion of CA as well. The whites won't be here anymore.
>>>
>>> Kent
>>
>> the message is clear: white people need to **** more!
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> The world is over populated. Humans breed like rats! The world should adopt
> the Chinese policy of one child. More food for everyone.
>
> OR
>
> I wonder if the population of those western nations consume too much of
> those genetically engineered foods from those seeds that are manufactured
> to be sterile. Does sterile seeds cause sterile humans... More research???
>
> Or send more engineered foods to the rest of the world???
>
> Bad hypothesis???

poorer people tend to have more children with an eye to having enough of
them survive to help them in their old age, or to work for the family when
the parents are still young. in richer countries (or families) this is
less of a concern. so yes, bad hypothesis.

your pal,
blake