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Quote by: The Bacon Guy  Not all trends continue indefinitely.
That still doesn't fit the definition of overpopulation.
It's not murder. If you're going to use emotional language, you should at least make sure you're correct.
Overpopulation is worse overall for a species than the death of a few members.
Only by skinny, tofu-eating hippies who cry whenever a tree gets cut down. Absurd prejudices are fun. |
No, not all trends do. But most non fad things do, and I'm very confident this trend will continue. The only predicter for future behavior is past behavior. Past behavior: In the last hundred years people have been growing more considerate to animals year by year. I think it will be pretty simple to guess if you follow that simple, proved logic to see what happens from here
Definition of overpopulation (found on Dictionary.com):
Main Entry: over·pop·u·la·tion
Pronunciation: "O-v&r-"päp-y&-'lA-sh&n
Function: noun
: the condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life, or a population crash —over·pop·u·lat·ed /-'päp-y&-"lAt-&d/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. The population of an environment by a particular species in excess of the environment's carrying capacity. The effects of overpopulation can include the depletion of resources, environmental deterioration, and the prevalence of famine and disease.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. overpopulation
noun
too much population
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Well, we humans are casuing enviromental deterioration, some of resources are running lower and its just a matter of time until a couple them go all together, and alot of people around the world are experiencing famines and diseases. So please explain how we aren't experiencing an overpopulation please?
Lets see...if we re-introduced a sustainable predator who will want to hunt deer in a 100 years from now, we wont have an overpopulation. Though some people are just too greedy to do that....they want to hunt and feel all 'masculine'.
I would like to ask you a question, what do you think about the hunting of moose, bears, cougars, and wolves which do not have an overpopulation?
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Quote by: ParaTed2k The argument has nothing to do with vegatarianism, it has to do with your outlook. You somehow think there is something wrong with hunting because we can go buy meat.
What does the fact that deer were here befor man have anything to do with us being natural predators? There is no logic to your argument. |
Wow, you are becoming an excellent word maker upper. I never said hunting is wrong because we could go buy meat. Could you show me where you think I said that?
If we could or could not buy meat, I would still be thinking hunting is wrong either way. Again, like I say before, not needed.
Ok...look at it this way. In Hawaii there are many species of birds, and when boats started to come to Hawaii, along came rats. Do we call the rats natural predators? No, we don't. Since they were there long after the birds were first put there.
Deer were put in North America long before the first humans arrived. So if we consider rats and cats unnatural predators in Hawaii, we must do the same with people in North America.
And to Michaela, yes, I have a dog and a cat, who I would call my friends.