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Science proves kids are bad for Earth. Morality suggests we stop having them.
NBC News ^ | November 15, 2017 | Travis Rieder

Posted on 11/15/2017 11:54:55 AM PST by C19fan

A startling and honestly distressing view is beginning to receive serious consideration in both academic and popular discussions of climate change ethics. According to this view, having a child is a major contributor to climate change. The logical takeaway here is that everyone on Earth ought to consider having fewer children.

Although culturally controversial, the scientific half of this position is fairly well-established. Several years ago, scientists showed that having a child, especially for the world’s wealthy, is one of the worst things you can do for the environment. That data was recycled this past summer in a paper showing that none of the activities most likely to reduce individuals’ carbon footprints are widely discussed.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braking; childrenbad; climatechangefraud; envirowackos; fakenews; fakescience; global; humansbad; nbc; populationcontrol; warming
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Amazing Comcast is willing to kill off its future subscriber base.


41 posted on 11/15/2017 12:36:39 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: C19fan

Science proves fake news outlets are bad for earth. It’s time we start eliminating them.


42 posted on 11/15/2017 12:37:54 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: C19fan

This is the dumbest article ever written.


43 posted on 11/15/2017 12:39:50 PM PST by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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To: C19fan

hmmm...
not much different from the Albigensian Heresy in 1184.

Mankind is an evil creation.
Should not procreate.
Abortion is good.
Euthenasia via starvation is good.
Assisted suicide is good.
Homosexuality is good.
Vegetarianism is good.


44 posted on 11/15/2017 12:42:47 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: C19fan

OK, progressives and liberals and socialists, you have your marching orders — vasectomies and tubal ligation for you folks, for the good of Mother Earth.

Oh, how you’ll help save the world! Schedule your procedure today!


45 posted on 11/15/2017 12:43:35 PM PST by polymuser (Enough is enough.)
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To: All

Scientists have done a lot more damage to the Earth than kids have. I suggest that we ban scientists..


46 posted on 11/15/2017 12:43:50 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: DoughtyOne

Whites have basically stopped reproducing. Look at Europe and other “white” countries.

Notice how White Liberals are appointing themselves as the leaders of this white genocide/global suicide mission.


47 posted on 11/15/2017 12:55:14 PM PST by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: C19fan
If these idiots really believe this, they should self deleting themselves. So as not to be hypocrites. 🤦‍♂️
48 posted on 11/15/2017 1:00:26 PM PST by chapin2500
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To: cherry

Dang, cherry.... just dang. :)


49 posted on 11/15/2017 1:06:59 PM PST by momtothree
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To: C19fan

He really doesn’t mean that. He just wants WHITEY to stop having kids. All the others have a green light to pop out babies with their 4 wives, 3 slaves, and random White women that they rape.


50 posted on 11/15/2017 1:12:31 PM PST by I want the USA back (ItÂ’s Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
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To: dragonblustar

I agree and yes I have noticed.

In no small part, this globalism thing is directed at precisely this problem.


51 posted on 11/15/2017 1:12:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: C19fan
Although culturally controversial, the scientific half of this position is fairly well-established.

In other words, NBC news is posting an opinion piece that is full of lies.

'Science' proves no such thing.

The short bio of author of this piece is: "Travis Rieder, Ph.D, is the Assistant Director for Education Initiatives, Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program and Research Scholar at the Berman Institute of Bioethics."

They should add the following to that:

Travis Rieder, Ph.D, is a gullible fool who lacks the critical thinking skills that would have prevented him from writing and publishing such a foolishly-wrong opinion piece.

52 posted on 11/15/2017 1:15:43 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Vaquero

You can be critical about the fact that we are in danger of losing our cultural heritage and values because of a influx of people who do not share historical Western ethics and have no desire to assimilate without referring to persons as though they are livestock.


53 posted on 11/15/2017 1:17:56 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: ek_hornbeck

Environmentalism is demonic. It seeks the eradication of Nature’s superior species.


54 posted on 11/15/2017 1:22:34 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: BlueStateRightist
My 8 year-old son DOES enjoy flatulence.

So do I.

55 posted on 11/15/2017 1:28:47 PM PST by zeugma (I always wear my lucky red shirt on away missions!)
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To: lastchance
"...It is disgusting to refer to any human being as a breeder..."

"Breeders" is a common term used by homos when referring to normal people. It reeks of envy and resentment.

56 posted on 11/15/2017 1:36:13 PM PST by T-Bone Texan
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To: DoughtyOne

I never imagined what global Islam would look like. But then I began thinking about it. It would be the fullest manifestation of the Devil. Mayhem, madness, and murder would be the highest achievement. Darkness, hatred, and ignorance would be universal. Slavery, beheadings, and female mutilation would be celebrated. After 1000 years all life on earth would cease to exist. Extinction would be guaranteed by the dominance of Islam.
I once asked my Daddy about global atomic warfare. e to me, “God will not let tat happen.”
God will not allow Islam to cover the earth.


57 posted on 11/15/2017 1:36:29 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: C19fan

NBC needs to do their part to save the Earth—mass suicide in the studio—lead by example!


58 posted on 11/15/2017 1:56:41 PM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: C19fan

Oh, I’m relieved. I thought maybe Pope Frankie had said this.


59 posted on 11/15/2017 2:18:25 PM PST by livius
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To: Tenacious 1

OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


60 posted on 11/15/2017 2:24:08 PM PST by abclily
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