It's the Demography, Stupid The real reason the West is in danger of extinction.

"Plus AIDS is spreading like wildfire "

I'm still waiting for AIDS to significantly affect the population of a country.

61 posted on 01/04/2006 10:15:57 AM PST by dsc (Islamic sexual violence against women should be treated as the repressive epidemic it is.)

To: Toaster tank

four is good! congrats!

62 posted on 01/04/2006 11:09:00 AM PST by wouldntbprudent

To: Toaster tank

Amazing. This stuff is all so frikking basic, and no one seems to see it. The people who multiply are the ones who have confidence in the future and expect to win out. That's not our team right now.

63 posted on 01/04/2006 11:29:28 AM PST by .cnI redruM (One combatant in a war can't declare peace alone.)

To: Toaster tank

64 posted on 01/04/2006 11:32:33 AM PST by Sir Gawain

Note: read the next post I'll have up in a few minutes on this topic

Did you post?

65 posted on 01/04/2006 11:43:10 AM PST by ncpatriot

66 posted on 01/04/2006 1:24:09 PM PST by Van Jenerette (Our Republic...If We Can Keep It!)

Life expectancy will see a radical transformation upward in the next 20-30 years which will ameliorate the problem Steyn ponders.

The West will not be saved by old people.

67 posted on 01/04/2006 1:41:52 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)

Title of the Thread is:

Developing Biomedical Tools to Repair Molecular and Cellular Damage

probably on page 2 or 3 by now

68 posted on 01/04/2006 1:43:35 PM PST by Neville72 (uist)

I'm still waiting for AIDS to significantly affect the population of a country.

Yes, perhaps you've read this work by one of the original AIDS researchers. THE AFRICAN AIDS EPIDEMIC: NEW AND CONTAGIOUS - OR - OLD UNDER A NEW NAME?

It contrasts the exponential growth, then leveling off and precipitous decline, of the mortality rate of a truly microbial disease, with the slow and even, long term death rate of a behavioral or chemical caused event, highlighting that AIDS follows the later course, not the former.

Based on this work, I am no longer convinced that HIV is the killer it is thought to be. You're quite right that no country has seen these enormous deaths, plus what is attributed to death by "AIDS" every year in Africa includes more and more different diseases, all under the assumption that they are secondary to HIV infection, when in fact they are independent causes of death in and of themselves.

I just tossed the HIV point in because it's not been shown it's harmless at all either. Plus many Muslim families are electing to do a suicide bombing to erase the "shame" of an HIV infection, whether or not it's a killer disease, this could affect a lot in coming years.

69 posted on 01/04/2006 4:17:47 PM PST by starbase (Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))

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