Some qualifications about the last post

1. I am not a conservationist.
2. I am oppossed to the Iraq War, though probably for different reasons than your typical Democrat.
3. I am not your typical Democrat. In fact, I am not a Democrat at all...
4. ....nor am I a Republican (anymore).
5. I believe war can be fought for good/right reasons. Needless to say, most civilizations great and small would agree. Even in the tolerant Hindu religion, there is a warrior caste. If you have ever read the Bhagavad Gita, you know then that Krishna told whats-his-face to slaughter all those people because it was his duty. (Perhaps this should be saved for a later discussion).
6. I do not advocate genocide.
7. I do not believe overpopulation is that big of a deal.
8. I do believe that people (even me) are too afraid of death. What else can support multibillion dollar drug industries? Since latter half of the twentieth century, we have been so accustomed to science finding answers to all of our problems and curing all of our ills. We no longer expect to die before the age of fifty.

This final point could also be the topic of another post, but I'm running out of time. I'll just leave it at this: it is unreasonable to think that six billion people can possibly enjoy the same standard of living of a few hundred million, and this fantasy is what is causing liberals to have delusions. I'll refine this thesis some other time.