[Wayne Maybury]

Sooner or later the human race is going to have to understand that our numbers cannot continue to multiply for ever. There are probably already too many people on this planet for long term (really long term) survival. Historically the population was controlled by famine, war, and/or disease. Now no one is supposed to starve, no one is supposed to die in a war, and medical science is continually making sure that the average life span increases.

The countries that can best afford to have more babies have the lowest birth rates while the countries that cannot support the existing population continue to crank them out. We see poor starving people on TV and we are supposed to feed them but if they all live, they will each also have 15 more babies so in one generation there will be many, many more mouths to feed. This cannot go on forever but it is politically incorrect to even hint that there must be some sort of world wide population control. Of course most religious leaders still preach that their flock must continue to multiply like mice which certainly doesn't help.

Wayne