Comments on: Eight is More than Enough

By: Gareth

Gareth — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:31:49 +0000

@Mercedes

This cartoon is about “Octomom”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadya_Suleman

and overpopulation of the planet.

In the cartoon Mother Earth (notice her pregnant belly) is saying “8 Kids? You think that’s bad? Take a look at my 8 billion”

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:11:17 +0000

Can anyone tell me what this editorial cartoon is about? I’d like to understand it.

By: john paul

john paul — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:08:00 +0000

aw how sad,,,,

By: Jaboa

Jaboa — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:47:59 +0000

Wow. Puts things in perspective. Also, nobody like Octo-Mom because she was over-publicized and has some sort of mental problem. (In my opinion.)

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:25:00 +0000

The overpopulation movement needs desperately to go MUNICIPAL with childfree towns with no school taxes. See my website for explanation.

By: Simperin' Fool

Simperin' Fool — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:02:58 +0000

“I, also, believe that overpopulation is the most serious problem facing humanity.”

As opposed to ignorance?

Racism? Cultural ignorance, an inability to empathize with other human beings. Sexism? Same thing. Greed? Selfishness, shortsightedness; ignorance.

People are just being stupid, is all. If the Earth is unable to support our current population, it’s because resources are being wasted and nobody’s thinking of the future. Maybe there will come a day when there’s just too many of us, but institutionalized depopulation just strikes me as psychopathic.

By: Reaisan

Reaisan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:55:16 +0000

An aging population results from having less children, and that’s another problem we don’t want to have. The Babyboomer generation is a great example. There’s going to be significantly less people working once they retire. Not only does that shock welfare/social security, it has far-reaching impacts on the economy and immigration.

Japan is an example of a country currently with an aging population. As native Japanese citizens age, immigration increases. This shows that the country is less able to sustain itself on its own.

Having less children, in short, means having a shortage of people who can tend to the old.

By: London Ontario

London Ontario — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:59:37 +0000

The Chinese policy was amazingly shortsighted. When they imposed the one child per family limit no consideration was given to the cultural conditions under which males are valued much more highly than females. That and the desire to carry on the family name. Thus many female babies were abandoned, or adopted by couples in North America. So the inevtiable has happened. The ratio of marriageable age Chinese men to women is ridiculously high. The females kept by their parents have their pick of potential husbands. And many males are not able to find a mate.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:19:43 +0000

Deep hurting, you make a valid point in your first comment then come off like a backwoods redneck in your second. Yes, a preference for male children in rural, agrarian areas has been an unfortunate by-product of stringent family planning policies in China, but there are hardly mountains of dead girl babies mounding up in ditches (selective abortion and high rates of female children put up for adoption hit closer to home). Countryside Chinese are currently allowed to have additional children if the first is a girl in order to try to combat these trends. And Andrew, you are dead on.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:46:32 +0000

China also has the problem in that 1 grandchild will end up supporting 4 grandparents. You also have a nation of spoiled kids from 1 child households.