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@astrologica wrote:

FD.....Yes, I believe that we absolutely do have the right to ask people to limit their families. Indeed....I think it is our absolute duty to do so, for the sake of our children, and our children's children. There is no way that the human race can carry on reproducing at the rate that it has. Overpopulation is the one single biggest threat to this planet and the Human race. If anyone doesn't believe this, I would suggest a visit to Populationmatters.org.

The world's resources are finite, and if people want to have the same sort of lives for their children as we have had, then those resources will have to be shared out between fewer people. Anyone who can do basic Arithmetic should be able to work out that a family of four is easier to house, feed, educate and keep healthy, than a family of eight or ten. You talk of restricting people's rights to have as many children as they want. Well...along with rights come responsibilities. No-one should have a child that they cannot hope to feed, clothe, educate etc. The religions that I specifically mentioned in my post are very Medieval in their practices, and have no thought for the type of lives that their children will have. We can't blame them...this is how they are brainwashed and brought up....to reproduce as fast as they can. They do not stop to consider what sort of life their children will have. Do we want that attitude here in this country? NO! Resources are finite here too. This is a tiny Island and the population per capita is already far too high. So I think it is absolutely right for this country to discuss limiting the size of families...we can't afford not to. The days of rights to do as we please are long gone as far as population goes...we need to exercise responsibility instead.

Sorry to go on about overpopulation, but it is a particular interest of mine. I have been interested in it for years, and to me it is simple common sense, but no-one wants to bring the ugly subject up. Visit Populationmatters.org.

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Astro,. The population prob!em though is not just down to immigrants invading any particular country.  Xxx

Anyway, how would such a solution be implemented and enforced, is it morally right to restrict one person's human right to safeguard another's. If we are talking a person's sexual rights, then look at societies argument for same sex rights, you say those people have rights then in another breath choose to take (in my opinion) someone with natural sexual rights away. Where do we draw the line.

How would it be done, as has been pointed out peoples beliefs and religion comes into play,. So there would be discrimination there too.

I don't believe it is a case of trying to reduce the population increase, it goes globally far deepeer, every country on this planet has a duty toward their peoples in so many different areas and they are all failing miserably.

This planet is large enough and quite capable of housing and feeding all its population. Man kind needs to work in unity wiping out greed, lawlessness and hate, can you ever see that happening?   I can't.