Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960417172637.3902B-100000@rccsun> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 17:28:52 +0700 From: Richard Tinsley <mailto:tinsley@AIT.AC.TH> Subject: Re: conflicting values????? To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
I think it is well know that the populations pressure is not a result of the brithrate as much as a decline in the death rate. The basic philosphy is that everyone who makes it into this world is entitled to a long heathy life. The solution for sustainining the globe remains curtailing the birth rates.Dick Tinsley AIT-Bangkok
On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Valerie Bruce wrote:
> Something to think about:
>
> On the one hand, agencies that focus on population growth worldwide tell us
> that populations need to be curtailed, and they attempt to popularize birth
> control, with very limited success; on the other hand, health/scientific
> groups are working to find cures for disorders that kill millions of people
> every year, to save populations.
>
> Valerie Bruce
> mailto:vbruce@cln.etc.bc.ca
>