I believe...
that all human children be given the right to parent 3/4 of a child.

This is the only way to get the World population under control. If each person is given the right to parent 3/4 of a child, it means that when 2 people tango, they are left with a surplus of 1 half of a child.

This can be traded/sold with all proceeds going into a trust fund for said child once they turn 18, for uni education etc.

If you are wealthy enough to want to have a 2nd child, you can buy this right to half a child, will will enable you to have a second child.

This doesn't need to be permanent, it just needs to be done for 3 generations to reduce the overall population of earth to more manageable levels.

It should certainly help to solve world hunger, as less people and more food (as long as we don't reduce farming levels).
(Morrolan, Wed 1 May 2013, 10:13, 8 replies)

The problem with population limitation is that it's either a voluntary thing, which a lot of people won't bother subscribing to thus defeating the whole point of it, or it's enforced in some way.
If it's mandatory you have to consider forcing pregnant women to have abortions, possibly past the current accepted term if they conceal it well, which raises all kinds of moral and legal issues. And if they somehow evade detection to the point of birth? Is the child then an illegal non-citizen?
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 1 May 2013, 10:39, closed)

I'm sure I heard, recently, that the world population is currently in decline.
Either that, or were only decades away from a total takeover by Muslims.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 1 May 2013, 11:16, closed)

Well, I hear that The Knack are poised to take over.
/creeping sharona
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 1 May 2013, 11:37, closed)

I think the European death rate is higher than the birth rate.
Something to do with couples waiting longer and only having one kid.
Can't remember the ins and outs of it though.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 1 May 2013, 13:15, closed)

I seem to remember reading that all "western" countries are in decline, except USA

(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 1 May 2013, 13:57, closed)

Something like that, yeah.
It all gets lost amongst the scaremongering, Tea Party bullshit that finds its way to my inbox.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 2 May 2013, 0:12, closed)

Fewer.

( 4Q just lurking, Wed 1 May 2013, 17:34, closed)

Think of the economy, man!
If country's populations drop, their economies will shrink. It would be disastrous.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Wed 1 May 2013, 22:45, closed)