Cull the Herd

Farawayhome · 14-05-2019 5:52pm #1

Are there too many people in the world? Or do you think there will be? They predict almost 10 billion people will be on the Earth by 2050 and over 11 billion by 2100. Can we continue to produce enough food to feed everyone? Natural resources running low? At some stage, a decision might have to be made on culling the herd.
Would you be in favour of culling the herd and who do you think should be culled and how would we reach a fair decision on it? I think rapists and murderers lives might be in danger. Each country could offer up their own to save themselves. After this, we could still have too many. There might be a vote on which nation gets wiped out.
It's horrendous to think we could sink to this level but it's possible. Do you think many would vote for us? We're great so probably not. Not saying anything anti British but they would be one of the favourites to top the vote. They've a history of wiping out millions of people so it could be seen as only right that they reap what they sowed.
Who would you vote for if it came to it? What do you think is going to happen when the population grows to over 11 billion? Do you like brown sauce on your sandwiches? Are you going to choose me for culling?

MayoForSam · 14-05-2019 5:54pm

Farawayhome wrote: »

Are you going to choose me for culling?

You betcha.

Muppet Man · 14-05-2019 5:58pm

**cough cough** thanos **cough cough**

14-05-2019 5:58pm

OP just dying to earn Prison access revoked

Ten of Swords · 14-05-2019 5:59pm

Purge 5: The Malthusian Crisis

Peatys · 14-05-2019 6:00pm

Farawayhome wrote: »

Who would you vote for if it came to it?

Rereg trolls

Farawayhome · 14-05-2019 6:03pm

Honestly, I have no clue what any of you are talking about. Not saying that you're in line for the cull but you haven't helped your chances of avoiding it!

Atoms for Peace · 14-05-2019 6:04pm

We need another Stalin or Mao to sort it out.

Sonny noggs · 14-05-2019 6:07pm

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

We need another Stalin or Mao to sort it out.

If there is one thing the hard left do well, it is genocide.

Water John · 14-05-2019 6:13pm

We've had that story since 1970. ATM somewhere between one third and a half of the food produced is not consumed. Predictions are that the pop will flatline around 11bn. Focus more on the climate problem than the population.

wakka12 · 14-05-2019 6:16pm

We will never 'cull' humans, at very very worst forced abortions to halt the birth rate. If nobody was having babies the worlds population very soon not be an issue with millions of people worldwide not being replaced weekly

Water John · 14-05-2019 6:23pm

Bangladesh is an excellent example of where, with education, esp of women, along with access to contraception, most families now have two children at most.

Potential-Monke · 14-05-2019 6:24pm

Culling won't work, because there's too many people who think every one has the same rights (regardless if they're a paedo, rapist, murderer, etc). So culling won't work. Maybe if they introduced a system like The Purge, it would take care of itself, but I don't trust everyone else to not break the law during the remaining 364 days.

What will work, in this country at least, is cap the child benefit at 2 children. When scumbags realise they won't get more money for popping out kids, they'll stop, as will most other people unless they're very well off. Less kids means less adults down the line, thus reducing the overall population.

Granted, the tiny change in this country is but a drop in the ocean, so no idea how to control the rest of the world.

Farawayhome · 14-05-2019 6:27pm

I have a few children, I'd be happy to get rid of them if it meant saving the world. I'm a hero really.

harry Bailey esq · 14-05-2019 6:28pm

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

We need another Stalin or Mao to sort it out.

Not at the same time mind, it'd split the world, all kinds of fukkery would ensue. Natural disasters seem to 'cull the herd' anyways.

James Brown · 14-05-2019 6:31pm

Put Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and all there supporters into a big pit and let them fight it out bare chested, thrown a few hang sandwiches and bottles of lemonade from time to time and then see who's left. And we put any survivors on a little island owned by the Haugheys.

Sonny noggs · 14-05-2019 6:32pm

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Put Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and all there supporters into a big pit and let them fight it out bare chested, thrown a few hang sandwiches and bottles of lemonade from time to time and then see who's left. And we put any survivors on a little island owned by the Haugheys.

Won’t you miss your boyfriend if we do that?

Your Face · 14-05-2019 6:54pm

Who gets to decide who goes?

Potential-Monke · 14-05-2019 6:56pm

Your Face wrote: »

Who gets to decide who goes?

Hunger Games style

Your Face · 14-05-2019 6:58pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Hunger Games style

Bore people to death with ****e films, it may work.

recedite · 14-05-2019 7:09pm

Here's the real problem.
People in countries that already have a declining population, agonising about overpopulation in the world.
Meanwhile people in other countries with no interest in such matters breeding like rabbits.

janfebmar · 14-05-2019 7:12pm

recedite wrote: »

Here's the real problem.
People in countries that already have a declining population, agonising about overpopulation in the world.
Meanwhile people in other countries with no interest in such matters breeding like rabbits.

If we got the Pope to lift his ban on contraception among the gullible people of the third world (even though many of them are not Catholics, but some are), it would be a start.

magentis · 14-05-2019 7:14pm

22 posts in and no mention of blasting Leitrim off the map to leave the country looking like a badly home made donut.

I'm amazed.

TheValeyard · 14-05-2019 7:23pm

Yeah, I've seen Children of Men, I dont like how that depressing world goes.

James Brown · 14-05-2019 7:26pm

Sonny noggs wrote: »

Won’t you miss your boyfriend if we do that?

What Joan Burton and I get up to of an avinin...

recedite · 14-05-2019 7:29pm

janfebmar wrote: »

If we got the Pope to lift his ban on contraception among the gullible people of the third world (even though many of them are not Catholics, but some are), it would be a start.

That would help, but Catholics are not the worst. Italy where the Pope lives is well below replacement rate.
Syria; population in 1970 was 6.3M but by 2010 was 21M.
Iraq; population in 1970 was 9.9M but by 2010 was 31M.
Somalia; population in 1970 was 3.4M but by 2010 was 12M
Nigeria; population in 1970 was 55M but by 2010 was 158M

Sonny noggs · 14-05-2019 7:29pm

Matt Barrett wrote: »

What Joan Burton and I get up to of an avinin...

Leo Varadker - you took his partners name (Matt Barrett) as your username, right? Or is that a coincidence?

bazz26 · 14-05-2019 7:37pm

Don't worry, we are well due another big war or natural catastrophe.

Capt'n Midnight · 14-05-2019 8:01pm

Anti-Vaxxers are doing their bit. Are you ?

In reality population growth is slowing down in countries that have decent healthcare. It's a non-issue.

James Brown · 14-05-2019 8:22pm

Sonny noggs wrote: »

Leo Varadker - you took his partners name (Matt Barrett) as your username, right? Or is that a coincidence?

Are you five O?

BENDYBINN · 14-05-2019 8:26pm

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Put Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and all there supporters into a big pit and let them fight it out bare chested, thrown a few hang sandwiches and bottles of lemonade from time to time and then see who's left. And we put any survivors on a little island owned by the Haugheys.

Stuck in the last century.......move on amaceen .......

janfebmar · 14-05-2019 8:29pm

recedite wrote: »

That would help, but Catholics are not the worst. Italy where the Pope lives is well below replacement rate.
Syria; population in 1970 was 6.3M but by 2010 was 21M.
Iraq; population in 1970 was 9.9M but by 2010 was 31M.
Somalia; population in 1970 was 3.4M but by 2010 was 12M
Nigeria; population in 1970 was 55M but by 2010 was 158M

Globally, the average Christian fertility rate is 2.7 children per woman, which is higher than the global average fertility rate of 2.5.

According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.19 billion Christians around the world in 2010, more than three times as many as the 600 million recorded in 1910. Catholics in Italy, like in Ireland, are not likely to heed the Popes rules on contraception, but it is in Catholic parts of the third world where lack of contraception is causing unnecessary population growth.

Varik · 14-05-2019 8:29pm

Limit child benefits to 3 (Round up the 2.xx replacement rate) in Ireland, and stop foreign aid both governmental (could also remove charity statue from private groups).

Sonny noggs · 14-05-2019 8:58pm

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Are you five O?

Are you a doctor?

Church on Tuesday · 14-05-2019 10:18pm

ILoveYourVibes · 14-05-2019 10:50pm

Farawayhome wrote: »

Are there too many people in the world? Or do you think there will be? They predict almost 10 billion people will be on the Earth by 2050 and over 11 billion by 2100. Can we continue to produce enough food to feed everyone? Natural resources running low? At some stage, a decision might have to be made on culling the herd.
Would you be in favour of culling the herd and who do you think should be culled and how would we reach a fair decision on it? I think rapists and murderers lives might be in danger. Each country could offer up their own to save themselves. After this, we could still have too many. There might be a vote on which nation gets wiped out.
It's horrendous to think we could sink to this level but it's possible. Do you think many would vote for us? We're great so probably not. Not saying anything anti British but they would be one of the favourites to top the vote. They've a history of wiping out millions of people so it could be seen as only right that they reap what they sowed.
Who would you vote for if it came to it? What do you think is going to happen when the population grows to over 11 billion? Do you like brown sauce on your sandwiches? Are you going to choose me for culling?

We've been doing it for thousands of years. We're doing it right now.
We've tried genocide many times before it never seems to halt the population growth.

Its not edgy to talk like this. It just shows your naivety.

Culling of humans has been going on and is going on.

micky jammy delahunty · 14-05-2019 11:10pm

You know.....National governments are allowed do with the Common Agricultural Policy payments as they like (don't be fooled by the representatives of you know who.)....And with technological developments, a true medium sized farm should only be about 40,000 acres, run efficiently like Ryan Air...not the grossly inefficient average 40 acres we have in Ireland.

With the right combination of historical events....We could keep the CAP payments, which are well over 30 billion, and have a highly profitable agricultural sector. It would be like discovering oil under a gold mine.

But, we must start by asking difficult questions....We must ask the question that many fear to speak....The Culchee question.....We have to start asking ourselves this question...and how it will be answered.....we cannot go on living as we are.....Can we survive subsidising these reservations, or must we look manifest destiny in the face...and make the difficult decisions our children will understand and thank us for.....Or will we not....and our children view our weakness with betrayal and disgust...

Roscommon ....would be a good place to begin, the building of a new Ireland...

Farawayhome · 14-05-2019 11:15pm

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

We've been doing it for thousands of years. We're doing it right now.
We've tried genocide many times before it never seems to halt the population growth.

Its not edgy to talk like this. It just shows your naivety.

Culling of humans has been going on and is going on.

And it's mentioned in my post. Comprehension fail! :pac:

bilston · 14-05-2019 11:20pm

bazz26 wrote: »

Don't worry, we are well due another big war or natural catastrophe.

According to Sky News tonight the US and Iran are on course for a summer showdown so we might get that cull sooner rather than later.

micky jammy delahunty · 14-05-2019 11:53pm

bilston wrote: »

According to Sky News tonight the US and Iran are on course for a summer showdown so we might get that cull sooner rather than later.

Don't get your hopes up...If there's a war, they won't be dancing fat rural American Trump voters into the Iranian guns....They have the same problem in America as we have here...The same problem

whisky_galore · 15-05-2019 3:02am

Your Face wrote: »

Who gets to decide who goes?

Maybe those who propose such measures should lead by example.

4068ac1elhodqr · 15-05-2019 3:09am

janfebmar wrote: »

Globally, the average Christian fertility rate is 2.7 children per woman, which is higher than the global average fertility rate of 2.5.

According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.19 billion Christians around the world in 2010, more than three times as many as the 600 million recorded in 1910. Catholics in Italy, like in Ireland, are not likely to heed the Popes rules on contraception, but it is in Catholic parts of the third world where lack of contraception is causing unnecessary population growth.

Not sure what the actual ratio of RCC attendees is across sub-saharan Africa and the Middle East, but could well be a minority compared to the other main alternative skygod followers in those two regions, where populaitons are gowing about +5% pa avg.

Gimme A Pound · 15-05-2019 3:33am

recedite wrote: »

Here's the real problem.
People in countries that already have a declining population, agonising about overpopulation in the world.
Meanwhile people in other countries with no interest in such matters breeding like rabbits.

More to do with lack of education/access to contraception than lack of interest. I'd say they'd be keen on a way to have less mouths to feed.

15-05-2019 6:16am

wakka12 wrote: »

We will never 'cull' humans,

we always have done so, and we will do it again. It's now a question of whether, but of when.

I agree with the gun nuts on one thing: a tyranny will establish itself in North America within our lifetimes, or the next. The gun nuts thinks it will be a leftist tyranny, but left or right scarcely mean anything when you start to put people into ovens, or eradicate them with whatever technology is at your disposal.

Beta Ray Bill · 15-05-2019 8:36am

If every couple in the world just had 2 kids the population of the world would decline in a steady and sustainable way.

I'd say in the next 10/15 years this will become "A Thing"
IE: It'll frowned on if you have more than 2 kids.

Maybe they should only offer children's allowance for a Max of 2 kids?

topper75 · 15-05-2019 9:44am

Colette Shaggy Muffin wrote: »

... main alternative skygod ...

So many invisible skylords. And yet not one of them decent enough to step in and fix this sheet for us. Too busy doing their nails, up there in the sky.

I liked that Yahweh guy. When he smited the Babylonians that time, they stayed smote.

15-05-2019 10:43am

topper75 wrote: »

I liked that Yahweh guy. When he smited the Babylonians that time, they stayed smote.

Like in the song "By the rivers of Babylon"

James Brown · 15-05-2019 1:58pm

Sonny noggs wrote: »

Are you a doctor?

Is this your Da?

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4068ac1elhodqr · 15-05-2019 2:12pm

grahambo wrote: »

Maybe they should only offer children's allowance for a Max of 2 kids?

Likely already on the cards (by the way of {adult} UBI).
The bowl of soup will be 'Universal' no matter who it's for.

Seperately, surprised no ones mentioned the Georgia Guidestones:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 15-05-2019 2:34pm

Do you not think that we'd want to keep the British considering that they invented nearly everything of note for over 200 yrs.

What's the use in getting rid of the top echelon. It makes no sense from a natural standpoint.

recedite · 15-05-2019 2:50pm

Shepherd Pitiful Recipe wrote: »

More to do with lack of education/access to contraception than lack of interest. I'd say they'd be keen on a way to have less mouths to feed.

No, that's not it. There's a couple of reasons.

The religious one; both Christaianity and Islam very much in favour of increasing numbers.

But also the practical one. In third world countries they have a lot of kids, but they invest very little in their kids. Its a bit like buying lotto tickets. More tickets improves your odds. The hope is that at least one of them will do well, maybe even make it to a wealthy country and send back some money. Others might not do well, or even die. Its important to plan for old age when there is no pension and you rely on your relatives for food.

In the west, kids cost you a lot of money to raise, and you'll still get your pension whether you have kids or not. In fact your pension will probably be better without kids, because more time was available to be spent on career and work.

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