Quote from: Masha Sha on May 25, 2017, 03:36:03 PM

Quote from: merchantofzeny on May 25, 2017, 03:10:44 PM

Imagine how devastating a suicide bombing would be for the Chinese, they'd be pretty much left childless. I remember seeing in the news years ago when a school collapsed during an earthquake. All the heartbroken parents complaining they'll never be able to have children again because of their age....

Quote from: fryger on May 25, 2017, 08:27:13 AM

China doesn't need to care about a demographic explosion. Within their huge population they still have almost unlimited and unrealized potential of economic growth. I shudder to think how will Chinese world domination look like after we've already seen how the US - a nation 4 times smaller toyed with the world for the past 70 years. Maybe at least they'll rid us of Islamic fundamentalism.

Not really. They have a graying population and they've already repealed the one-child policy to encourage people to have more kids but so far the couples are still not excited...

If you believe that the standards are high in manifacuring... you have seen nothing yet.

But it was still just sad that the kids have to die that way. Sigh, maybe thing would change eventually.

Quote from: bryant.coleman on May 26, 2017, 01:21:03 AM

Quote from: PeterTheGrape on May 25, 2017, 04:30:51 PM

It's like saying "cures for diseases are needed all over the world", so you go out and kill a lot of people so they won't get diseases.

There is an element of sense in your argument, but on the whole it is nonsense.

It can't be denied that population explosion is one of the biggest threats facing the human race all around the world. Many of the countries around the world are over-populated. For example, the population density in the non-desert part of Egypt is more than 1,000 people per square kilometer (and that is growing at a rate of 3% per year). I don't want to kill anyone, but this growth can't go on like this.

The Black Death saved Europe from the same fate. Maybe we need a v2.0?