Comments on: Fight for your right to party (in 2107) http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:34:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Amanda Marcotte http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37297 Amanda Marcotte Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:57:38 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37297 One message that needs to get out more is that the idea that kids "need" siblings is a myth. I cannot tell you how many times I hear some woman berated for not having more kids by being told that her only child will grow up fucked up somehow because he/she doesn't have a sibling. There are good, solid, documented reasons that only children do better. They get more parental resources, both financially and attention-wise. They don't get involved in physical brawling with siblings, which is hard to prevent and breeds violence into he adult personality. The notion that only children don't know how to share is silly; they share with adults, they share with other children in school and they start sharing at an age-appropriate time to learn why you share (because you feel empathy, not because you're forced to). Only children I've known as adults are just as pleasant on average than people with siblings, and often more so. One message that needs to get out more is that the idea that kids “need” siblings is a myth. I cannot tell you how many times I hear some woman berated for not having more kids by being told that her only child will grow up fucked up somehow because he/she doesn’t have a sibling. There are good, solid, documented reasons that only children do better. They get more parental resources, both financially and attention-wise. They don’t get involved in physical brawling with siblings, which is hard to prevent and breeds violence into he adult personality. The notion that only children don’t know how to share is silly; they share with adults, they share with other children in school and they start sharing at an age-appropriate time to learn why you share (because you feel empathy, not because you’re forced to). Only children I’ve known as adults are just as pleasant on average than people with siblings, and often more so.

]]> By: Aaron http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37291 Aaron Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:23:29 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37291 <i>causing people to rethink China’s one-child policy</i> Well, that's tricky, isn't it? The policy itself suits me right down to the ground. But how do you enforce it without creating your own horror? If you can't, what then? causing people to rethink China’s one-child policy

Well, that’s tricky, isn’t it? The policy itself suits me right down to the ground. But how do you enforce it without creating your own horror? If you can’t, what then?

]]> By: JoeC http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37286 JoeC Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:42:24 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37286 Society will have to make having more than one baby extremely unattractive, which is already starting to happen a bit...I've heard people look at large families and remark how selfish they are (you know, five kids and trying to have yet another child through invitro...) Seems like more and more people are opting to adopt, and as the Britneys and Brangelinas come onboard, the even dumber masses will follow for all the wrong reasons, but follow they will... When the popularity of having multiple children does begin to finally wane in the West, some of the no-contraception religions will also follow...especially as soon as their congregations (and their financial offerings) start to drop significantly. Then there's always the depleted uranium and pesticides and contaminated groundwater that may lower male sperm count to a point that the population problem self-corrects itself. If none of these take care of the problem, some think tank will convince a major government to introduce AIDs-like viruses to control the population (if you've read about about the Tuskegee experiments, you know the government is up to it...) Who knows, maybe it's happened already. You have to wonder why they were so eager to revive that frozen 1918 flu... Anyway, it's happening...and you're post is a part of it...causing people to rethink China's one-child policy; maybe it's more caring than evil after all... Society will have to make having more than one baby extremely unattractive, which is already starting to happen a bit…I’ve heard people look at large families and remark how selfish they are (you know, five kids and trying to have yet another child through invitro…) Seems like more and more people are opting to adopt, and as the Britneys and Brangelinas come onboard, the even dumber masses will follow for all the wrong reasons, but follow they will…

When the popularity of having multiple children does begin to finally wane in the West, some of the no-contraception religions will also follow…especially as soon as their congregations (and their financial offerings) start to drop significantly.

Then there’s always the depleted uranium and pesticides and contaminated groundwater that may lower male sperm count to a point that the population problem self-corrects itself.

If none of these take care of the problem, some think tank will convince a major government to introduce AIDs-like viruses to control the population (if you’ve read about about the Tuskegee experiments, you know the government is up to it…) Who knows, maybe it’s happened already. You have to wonder why they were so eager to revive that frozen 1918 flu…

Anyway, it’s happening…and you’re post is a part of it…causing people to rethink China’s one-child policy; maybe it’s more caring than evil after all…

]]> By: RobW http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37282 RobW Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:36:54 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37282 <i>I’ve been racking my brain trying to think of a culture this out of control that kicked its self-destructive habits without first having to endure major trauma and/or tragedy on a scale that makes 9/11 seem irrelevant. But I can’t drum up a single one. Can you?</i> Nope, I can't. This comment reminds me of when I first became aware of Peak Oil. I couldn't sleep for weeks. The debate among peakoilers isn't about when it will happen so much as it is about how awful, or not, the consequences will be. On the one hand are the "Doomers" who predict unimaginable horror, a great Die-Off. On the other hand are the "Soft Landing" predictors who place their faith in the economics of scarcity and the promise of new technology to save us. The problem is that even if technology has the potential to save us from collapse, it is not now being developed with sufficient urgency, nor employed on anywhere near the necessary scale, for us to make an easy transition to an industrial society without fossil fuels. We will probably have it sorted out by the end of the century; we won't have it solved before it is too late to avoid massive suffering, starvation, economic collapse and the nasty politics of war and revolution that come with it. If, in say 15 years, gasoline becomes unaffordable, entire industries shut down, and suburban homes (where most people's wealth is) become worthless, and it all happens fairly suddenly because of a lack of any sort of mitigation efforts taken now (except for wars fought to prolong our dependency, draining us of the resources to make any such efforts), do you suppose Americans will blame their own profligate waste now? No, they'll find a scapegoat, like the Ay-rabs or the Jooz or the Commies. If we're lucky they'll blame the government, but even I don't want to see this country torn apart by a revolution. If you feel like you've been getting too much sleep lately, read this site: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/Index.html Cheers! I’ve been racking my brain trying to think of a culture this out of control that kicked its self-destructive habits without first having to endure major trauma and/or tragedy on a scale that makes 9/11 seem irrelevant. But I can’t drum up a single one. Can you?

Nope, I can’t. This comment reminds me of when I first became aware of Peak Oil. I couldn’t sleep for weeks.

The debate among peakoilers isn’t about when it will happen so much as it is about how awful, or not, the consequences will be. On the one hand are the “Doomers” who predict unimaginable horror, a great Die-Off. On the other hand are the “Soft Landing” predictors who place their faith in the economics of scarcity and the promise of new technology to save us.

The problem is that even if technology has the potential to save us from collapse, it is not now being developed with sufficient urgency, nor employed on anywhere near the necessary scale, for us to make an easy transition to an industrial society without fossil fuels. We will probably have it sorted out by the end of the century; we won’t have it solved before it is too late to avoid massive suffering, starvation, economic collapse and the nasty politics of war and revolution that come with it.

If, in say 15 years, gasoline becomes unaffordable, entire industries shut down, and suburban homes (where most people’s wealth is) become worthless, and it all happens fairly suddenly because of a lack of any sort of mitigation efforts taken now (except for wars fought to prolong our dependency, draining us of the resources to make any such efforts), do you suppose Americans will blame their own profligate waste now? No, they’ll find a scapegoat, like the Ay-rabs or the Jooz or the Commies. If we’re lucky they’ll blame the government, but even I don’t want to see this country torn apart by a revolution.

If you feel like you’ve been getting too much sleep lately, read this site:

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/Index.html

Cheers!

]]> By: Nymphalidae http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37281 Nymphalidae Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:08:03 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/02/20/fight-for-your-right-to-party-in-2107/#comment-37281 You're not alarmist. I hear about population expansion and the problems it is creating all the time, since I work in agriculture. You’re not alarmist. I hear about population expansion and the problems it is creating all the time, since I work in agriculture.

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