Fwd: Re: population vs. technology/consumption (Yo)

In response to Andrew Austin's recent post, with the sentiments of which I 
would nevertheless broadly agree, I have a couple of points to offer:

(i) he argues that he knows no men who wish women to give birth to twenty 
chilren or more, although accepting that he does not every man in the 
world. 
Well, I have come across men in this position and while their circumstances 
vary they are similar in their belief that what they have done is correct 
in 
one way or another;

(ii) He argues that there is a tendency to view people with large families 
from poor or lesser developed countries as licentious and, removing emotive 
terms, misguided. Again, I have not found this in my research among people 
seriously dealing with such issues (and we can if you wish quibble about 
who 
is or who is not serious). I find that most people recognise that people in 
such circumstances are involved with the importance of maintaining families 
and that having large numbers of offspring is widely considered to be the 
best way to achieve this.


Best wishes,

John Walsh


>From: "John Walsh" <WalshJ@cbs.curtin.edu.au>
>Reply-To: WalshJ@cbs.curtin.edu.au
>To: <jcwalsh100@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Fwd: Re: population vs. technology/consumption (Yo)
>Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:03:54 +0800
>

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