http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/06/28/coming-to-grips-with-the-elephant-in-the-room/ Adventures with Ideas: Truth, Beauty, and the Paradoxes of Life. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:34:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/06/28/coming-to-grips-with-the-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4311 Trail Guy Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:49:50 +0000 http://www.julietbennett.com/?p=2837#comment-4311 I disagree Juliet with your one sentence implying people must procreate and can not change that behaviour. Wrong. ie. If we were given the choice of continuing to mindlessly breed to extinction within 100 years OR restrict future generations to 1 child per couple, which choice do you think people would make? Extinction is a bleak outcome if we do not do something about re-thinking the right to procreate, as humans collectively. Therefore I do not agree that procreation is a given for the times we are living in and our future. I disagree Juliet with your one sentence implying people must procreate and can not change that behaviour. Wrong. ie. If we were given the choice of continuing to mindlessly breed to extinction within 100 years OR restrict future generations to 1 child per couple, which choice do you think people would make? Extinction is a bleak outcome if we do not do something about re-thinking the right to procreate, as humans collectively. Therefore I do not agree that procreation is a given for the times we are living in and our future.

]]> http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/06/28/coming-to-grips-with-the-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Australia Immigratio Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:24:30 +0000 http://www.julietbennett.com/?p=2837#comment-1212 Kelly Mckay says that I love this blog! I have been getting so fired up about Rudd’s plans for a population explosion (35mil by 2050) and most people just think I’m xenophobic! I agree with you; let’s keep Australia the beautiful country that it is and not let it turn into another India. I think that people sometimes forget that increasing our population to such an extent would wipe out a lot of the very reasons that we love this country so much.,can anyone comment on this? Kelly Mckay says that I love this blog! I have been getting so fired up about Rudd’s plans for a population explosion (35mil by 2050) and most people just think I’m xenophobic! I agree with you; let’s keep Australia the beautiful country that it is and not let it turn into another India. I think that people sometimes forget that increasing our population to such an extent would wipe out a lot of the very reasons that we love this country so much.,can anyone comment on this?

]]> http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/06/28/coming-to-grips-with-the-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Juliet Bennett Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:05:23 +0000 http://www.julietbennett.com/?p=2837#comment-963 True true - not without it's problems, but their population <em>is</em> decreasing. I wonder how such a policy would go in other countries.... True true – not without it’s problems, but their population is decreasing. I wonder how such a policy would go in other countries….

]]> http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/06/28/coming-to-grips-with-the-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Avinash Machado Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:22:44 +0000 http://www.julietbennett.com/?p=2837#comment-961 The Chinese seem to be doing something about it with their one child policy. The Chinese seem to be doing something about it with their one child policy.

]]> http://www.julietbennett.com/2010/06/28/coming-to-grips-with-the-elephant-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Kelly McKay Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:44:19 +0000 http://www.julietbennett.com/?p=2837#comment-693 I love this blog! I have been getting so fired up about Rudd's plans for a population explosion (35mil by 2050) and most people just think I'm xenophobic! I agree with you; let's keep Australia the beautiful country that it is and not let it turn into another India. I think that people sometimes forget that increasing our population to such an extent would wipe out a lot of the very reasons that we love this country so much. I love this blog! I have been getting so fired up about Rudd’s plans for a population explosion (35mil by 2050) and most people just think I’m xenophobic! I agree with you; let’s keep Australia the beautiful country that it is and not let it turn into another India. I think that people sometimes forget that increasing our population to such an extent would wipe out a lot of the very reasons that we love this country so much.

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