[Ted Pearson]

Originally Posted by Picidae

'Spewing stuff out of pie holes' were your words not mine Ted.

Yes, but if you look at what I was responding to, I was not attacking you or ‘richnfamous’ with the accusation.

Originally Posted by Ted Pearson

I imagine if I was 100 meters tall with 3 really long arms rotating, they would turn away to miss me.

Originally Posted by Picidae

you were implying that migration birds would take a route to avoid wind turbine installations. .

No Picidae. No implications, I said what I meant. The geese would probably turn away to miss me.(Not alter their migration pattern)
Honestly, if you have an axe to grind and are going to pick at things you imagine me saying, I cannot stop you.

Originally Posted by Picidae

I don't deal in hypertheticals Ted.

Originally Posted by Picidae

(Including and most importantly having less/no children/stop spending millions on medical research to find more and more ways to 'extend life'/'create' life

Nope, no hypothetical there.

Originally Posted by Picidae

The realities are there is a growing and unsustainable world population which is one of, if not the main, cause of the environmental problems the world is now facing.

I would argue that there are not too many people, but the people who are here are not using the land correctly. Some of the reasons this is happening are ignorance, lack of options because of poverty and leaving areas destroyed through greed. Of course the easy way to get rid of these problems is to get most of these people and I suspect that the ones who prefer this scenario have also enacted programs that stop the use of DDT for killing malaria infected mosquitoes and using corn for fuel instead of food.(tens of millions of lives lost in Sub-Saharan Africa, mostly children under 5 yrs old) DDT

Originally Posted by Picidae

dumping more money into research for even more ways to prolong life in the hope of finding treatment we don't yet have. I wasn't suggesting the former.

My sincere condolences regarding your Father. I also lost my Father and Mother to Cancer.
Maybe Cancer was just an example of cures that prolong life and there are many more treatments and drugs that are used mainly on older patients. Consider the children with Cancer who may have a chance to live if further advances are made. According to the ‘Picidae Law’ they are dead. ‘Tis a noble gesture for these young to be sacrificed in the name of…uhhhh… IPCC theoretical models of climate that do not reflect actual climate measurements. If only the ‘Picidae Law’ could have been enacted decades ago and the death count could rival those of malaria from DDT abatement by now.

Originally Posted by Picidae

As it happens, I'm Jewish so I'm not too keen on the tone of language you use to take my argument to an extreme conclusion or it's implications. .

Yes, it is a horrible, horrible atrocity that happened. My Acadian ancestors were dealt with severely as well. In fact we would be hard pressed to find any culture, creed or religion that has not been enslaved, decimated or mostly exterminated for land, power or just because G_D told them to do it.
The part that surprises me is your suggestion of letting certain physical genetic inadequacies like cancer or maybe diabetes, MS or heart disease drive the decision of who should die. This rings similar to the tainted ideologies of weeding out the weak and ending up with some smaller group of advanced humans living in a perfect world. That is very bad political policy and the people will not stand for it.

Originally Posted by Picidae

I also suggested voluntary reduction in our lifestyle demands which you conveniently missed in order to make your point.

Did not miss it or need it to make your point. I have reduced my lifestyle to lower levels but have to pay mortgage, food, heating/cooling, use about $80 in electricity a month and the only sustainable job to keep all is 85 miles away. I do wonder how many would voluntarily vote for the ‘Picidae Law’