Controversial BeliefsSome mugs still think the MMR injection gives children autism (it doesn't), while others are of the belief that we're ruled by billionaire lizard people. Tell us about views outside the mainstream which people go glassy eyed if you bang on about them (Your grandad's a racist - no need to tell us, thanks)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 12:06)
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People living in extreme poverty need to have many children...because a good proportion of them will surely die, but the parents need to ensure that enough of them survive to look after them when they get old, because there's no welfare safety net.
And that's not even considering the fact that in most cultures, contraception is frowned upon, a religious taboo, or just plain illegal.
The more I think about the human race, the more in favour of nuclear power I become...
(, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 16:36, 2 replies)
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 16:40,
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I understand what you're saying, but...... what's the use of having many children - supposedly to look after you in your old age - if the children are malnourished and uneducated anyway? The root problem in these parts of the world is overpopulation: i.e, there are too many people and not enough resources to go round. If they didn't have so many children then there would be more resources per person - and infant mortality would decrease.
Better to have 2 happy, healthy, educated children than 10 malnourished waifs - 5 of whom die before their first birthday, and the rest of whom have to work in the fields from childhood because their parents can't afford to send them to school.
You're right about religion though: it has a lot to answer for.
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