[Desdemona]

"Does that make my family a bunch of lefty tree huggers like the Earth Summiteers?"

No, but you're out in the country. When members of my circle are in the country, it's the same way.

For those of us who live in cities, this would be a huge mess. Sanitation-wise cities would revert back to disease centers. Before decent sanitation, every city had regular epidemics of cholera and legioneers. The flush toilet helped rid us of losing a quarter of the population every few years.

[EggsAckley]

For those of us who live in cities, this would be a huge mess.

Already happening. Look at San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and possibly other cities. Street peeing is a dramatic problem.

[JimRed]

...losing a quarter of the population every few years.

In many of our cities, would that be such a bad thing?...:^(
.....JUST KIDDING...

[maryz]

The flush toilet helped rid us of losing a quarter of the population every few years.

Probably why the enviro-nuts want to ban it. Hey, they got rid of DDT and look how many people that got rid of!

[Joe Hadenuf]

The flush toilet helped rid us of losing a quarter of the population every few years.

Well, isn't that what they are after, so the earth can live in peace?

[StopGlobalWhining]

The flush toilet helped rid us of losing a quarter of the population every few years.

And that helped contribute to the over-population "crisis". So if we get rid of flush toilets, we will have more effective natural population control. At least that seems to be the eco-wacko position.

I'm not clear on how to reconcile that with the AIDS "crisis". algore says overpopulation contributes to global warming, so now what to do?