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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:50 AM Original message |
China may scrap one-child policy |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. gonna be tough to get a 'spike in births' with few women |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I got an idea ... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's rough |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. The truth hurts (nm) |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh fuck. The planet is already being obliterated, and they're going to stop the one child policy? |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I've got mixed feelings about this |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. There is a better kind of government control. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That is a great point, and I am assuming that includes providing BIRTH CONTROL to the women and men. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Yeah, I think so. |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I've seen similar numbers too |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Oh I dunno, allowing women to control their own bodies used to be a liberal idea |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I agree, but doubt that the women are the ones wanting to be baby factories. |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. then do your part. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Cute. |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. i'm not against birth control. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. And how many "responsible parents" do you see |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. who is to judge who is and who isn't responsible? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. That is a very "free market" argument. |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. i'm not sure how much of the "carrying capacity" arguments I can agree with. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Resources are limited and so there is a "carrying capacity" |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. sorry. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well enough.... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Hey, I've done MY part and haven't had kids even though I've always wanted |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Baby factories |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. They Need More Workers |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. LOL--- and Don't let them forget to paint it with Red Lead. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. .... |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. I honestly don't know what to say about this |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Replacement level is 2.1 children per couple |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Industrialized societies have the lowest birthrates |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. They BADLY need to do the one child policy here. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Actually, the US birthrate is just above replacement level. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. No sense selling the excess to Americans with the dollar falling. |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm really torn on this. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You've hit the nail on the head about why the policy is changing. |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. One, two, four |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
37. China may go with a TWO child policy |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. Let people have unlimited access to contraception and abortion |
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