tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post727793311145372689..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Solutions Aren't Any More Radical Than the Thinking That Created This Mess.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-58999919704188492472019-10-19T19:19:58.469-07:002019-10-19T19:19:58.469-07:00The problem is Mound, that folks do not want to co...The problem is Mound, that folks do not want to consider even modest, but realistic proposals. The urge to procreate can cloud even moderately strong minds, such as Suzuki's or Gore's, or not so-strong such as those of JT, MacKenna or Scheer. All of them have anywhere from 5 to 3 kids.<br />Even fixing that f...ing urge will lead us to nowhere if the human greed is not tackled.<br />Happy, heartburn free, Sunday evening!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-89575729481178378582019-10-19T16:27:47.460-07:002019-10-19T16:27:47.460-07:00Yeah, NPoV, you would think of that. Jeebus! How b...Yeah, NPoV, you would think of that. Jeebus! How bout Solyent Green?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-53171660066154888992019-10-19T08:06:58.650-07:002019-10-19T08:06:58.650-07:00A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of P...A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the PublickNorthern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-13126915514326665792019-10-18T13:49:03.388-07:002019-10-18T13:49:03.388-07:00The problem, Toby, is that we can't solve this...<br />The problem, Toby, is that we can't solve this with ad hoc measures. There's not time for that. You either do it all or there's not a lot of point in doing anything. If you face three existential threats, failing to resolve any of them will defeat your best efforts on the remainder. Dead is dead, no matter how diligent you are on tackling some of these challenges.<br /><br />That's why we need to let the predicament inform our responses. We need to restore some balance, to again live in harmony within the limits of our environment. Things we do that impair harmony must be changed.<br /><br />I have no confidence that we can muster the popular or political will to achieve such a sea change in the time remaining. Perhaps this explains why even highly-educated people are coming to fall back on magical thinking, the "they'll think of something" response. That's not grounded in fact but in belief. It's a faith-based response as feeble as any religious foundation.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-52424767129228967222019-10-18T11:50:01.239-07:002019-10-18T11:50:01.239-07:00The simplest means to tackle the population proble...The simplest means to tackle the population problem is to ensure that women, all the world's women, have rights. Women who can freely make their own decisions tend to delay having babies and having fewer. Just look at what happened in Italy, Ireland and Quebec when the the Church backed off. <br /><br />We are coming to a time when we will be forced to treat those who pollute as criminals, particularly the heads of big companies that spew crap. <br /><br />Speaking of crap, we need to shut down the practice of ocean going ships dumping at sea.Tobynoreply@blogger.com