Word play ;-)

Submitted by Morpheus (Australia), Mar 7, 2007 at 22:02

Dear Ron

In the context of my previous post, I am sure you are completely aware that the "pro-life" comment was referring to an anti-contraception/pro-birth stance. ;-)

By the way, I don't disagree with your comments about Muslims in general.

Anyway, back to valid "generalisations":

Unfortunately, the secular Europeans largely don't share this "pro-life" mentality. In fact, the entire West has reduced down from about 30% of the global population back 1970, to now about a 20% proportion. Scary stuff is the West's future! Meanwhile, the Muslim world has grown from 15% to 20% over the same period. The future belongs to the fecund and confident. I wonder what the next 30 years will bring the West? Will we be a 15% proportion?

I suppose the average democratic secular socialist doesn't really care about this "now" as long as their future retirement benefits are secure.

Ron, you are still missing the point. It's the BIGGEST point. Secularism in both Europe and Russia is the CORE reason for anemic birth rates (due to encouraged birth control and more importantly legal abortion). I am not being emotive here – just factual. It's a pretty straight line actually – explaining indigenous European/Western disappearance. It's the main factor.

This demographic decline would not have happened if the Continent and Russia maintained their 19th Christian values, archaic as they seem to the average secular socialist. Undesirable as this is to many liberated women on the Pill. By the way, did you know that 25% of German women may never have a child. Astounding! Its a free world though. Well, at least for a few decades as far as Europe is concerned.

The argument also that Russia's birthrate is low because of current economic and social problems is a total cop out. Russia was much more fecund in harder times throughout its history. And, "now", much poorer countries than Russia have much higher birth rates. In these countries, despite the lack of birth control and the lesser rights of women, it is understood that only many children guarantee a family's future success. Not Big Secular Socialist Government. The European West thinks the other way around. Generalising!

The post-Christian, democratic socialist Europe and Russia (still pining for its secular communist socialism to look after them), has devalued our most important asset (children) which ensures our future. Children are seen as liabilities, burdening the social system. Generalisation!

Women are viewed as unusual or weird if they have 3 kids these days in the West. Liberated women shouldn't be baby factories at home caring for the kiddies! And, we all fell for that global overpopulation mantra in the 1970s too.

The West's birth rate won't turn around. The only way it will turn around is if birth control and abortion were made illegal. Then, the all young western woman will need to birth about 6 kids each over the next 30 years to ensure the West has a stake in future Europe. No joke!

Generalisations over.

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