I went to a metal band conert and it felt kinda lonley..
I went to a metal band conert and it felt kinda lonley..
little soul your dreams are waitin'
crapping up...
hold them closely
never let go, never let go... <3
Baby with two faces born, worshiped in India
Wasn't India where the kid with the tail was born? I love how they keep producing these mutated children and then pretending like it's a divine miracle. Poor kids.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
That picture looks so fake... It's like bagandscalpel's avatar.
I heard a theory about this today.Originally Posted by XanBcoo
Population of the US (3rd most populous nation in the world): 303 Million
Population of Europe: 728 Million (as of 2005).
Population of India: 1.6 Billion
Population of the world: 6.6 billion.
That's one quarter of the world's population in a country a little less than 1/3 the size of Europe, and 1/3 of the United States (for the western hemisphere-rs like me).
With such a large slice of the world's people crammed into so small a space, it's very likely that random mutations will occur there. In fact, here's another one!
Two foot tall 15 year old
It's really more of a disproportionate representation. Do things like this happen in the United States or in Europe? Sure. But less often, because when combined, India still has a larger population.
India is just over 1 billion in population. Currently China is the most populous people in the world. India is projected to be at 1.6 billion by 2050, which is what you get when you have no birth control and a lot of bored, poor people. China at least has communist rule limiting child birth to 1 per adult (2 per couple).
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
India does have a four faced deity. Combine that with poor education and high religious influence, that guy's half a god to them.
People are getting their way around that by coming to Hong Kong when their baby's due. If it's born in HK, it doesn't count, and it can have education there as well, if they wish to. There was much public debate a while ago, since these women didn't pay medical fees or something, and it was all coming out of the HK public health fund. They changed some legalities, but I don't know the details.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
The worshiping of mutated children is religiously driven. Hindu mythology is quite weird. The reason why the rural population is increasing so fast is because more kids = more farmhands.
I'd say around 90% of the Chinese population don't have the money and/or connections to do that.
I think all countries should have a 1 child per adult rule.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
I second that, except for the Japanese. The world could use more Japanese. Oh, and hot chicks can have up to 5.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
The 1 child policy is the stupidest thing ever. China has set itself up for a massive social and demographic fall. Given the preference for boys, I think there are already like 20 million more boys in China than there are girls (can't remember the source). Even if there wasn't this gender imbalance, the workforce of China will shrink forcibly, causing a higher tax burden on the future generations as less youngsters have to support more older people.
The source of that information can usually be found in geography books.
Although it is very unlikley, heard a rumor that they used to give away/abandon or even kill the baby if it turned out to be a girl.
little soul your dreams are waitin'
crapping up...
hold them closely
never let go, never let go... <3
i think so too... and it should be also not allowed to have NO children once you reach a certain age or so, this would help a lot in most european countries.. schools have less and less pupils each year.
well this would require the help of the goverment though.
because having children means MONEY for the country (i admitt that too many children have the opposite effect)
Good god, they didn't notice until she was 5?
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I talked to an Indian guy from Princeton the other day, and he said for the most part people in India are aware about the population problem, thus creating cultural traditions to try to keep the place more sanitary (even small things like changing shoes in the bathroom, or when going to school, showering often)
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
So what's your answer to gross over-population with limited resources? Already the Chinese and Indians are over-populated and moving out to other areas of the world. The Chinese and Indians have more to worry about than taking care of future generations. At least in China, rapid industrialization is causing rampant pollution and health issues. If they make it to old age, they'll worry about it then.
From a moral standpoint, the other main issue with over-population beyond it taxing the planet and our social welfare systems, is that the value of a human life is reduced. If one guy in China or India dies, who cares, there's another 10,000 to take his place.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
That is quite true. Though a very limiting law, China may have thought to do it out of necessity because of all the other factors. I think they're well aware of the possible massive workforce shrink DB_Hunter mentioned that could result. I originally thought they'll have the law for a say ten years, then let it slack for some, and bring it back again before finally dropping it. If they dropped it in one big go, they'll not only have a massive gap in one generation, but they may also have a huge rebound baby-booming effect.
You can have more than one child her adult, but it'll cost you a fine that's probably not affordable for most Chinese.
10% is a LOT coming from China. It's not that difficult anymore. It's almost free crossing with the correct ID. Furthermore, HK is getting flooded with 100 or 1000 mainland Chinese every day.(source: TV+general knowledge of everyone while I was over there) And it's not like Hong Kong ain't suffering from overpopulation either. Only thing is, bulk of it is the aging population, so current campaigns are aimed at increasing the birth rate while they deal with the housing crisis. (I think the housing crisis is now a global crisis. no?)
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If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I'm going to ruin this deep philosophical mood with some blatant superficiality here.
Today, I learned that glow in the dark yarn exists. I must have it! If only I wasn't so poor *cries* Imagine the awesomeness of secret messages or symbols knitted into garments that only become visible when the lights are turned out.
That is some amazing stuff, right there. I must have. I want to watch my cats play with it after dark. (Is it just me, or did that sound perverted right there?)
Now 99% disease free!
Only if cats is a euphemism.
Kat: That is awesome.
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
Today I learned, yet again, that complete thoughts are hard to keep concise. And also that the group I'm working in has a serious lack of rapport with some of our userbase, that it's going to take a long time to address.
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