UN gives up relief efforts in Darfur

IMO they should be providing birth control rather than food to these people. It is a law of nature that population should not exceed food supply. When there's not enough food to support the population people die. Right now the UN and other relief agencies are enabling more people to live in Darfur than the land can sustain. And the people exacerbate the problem by pumping out more kids. :dunno:
 
IMO they should be providing birth control rather than food to these people. It is a law of nature that population should not exceed food supply. When there's not enough food to support the population people die. Right now the UN and other relief agencies are enabling more people to live in Darfur than the land can sustain. And the people exacerbate the problem by pumping out more kids. :dunno:

Well, I think they should give the birth control devices with the food and not instead of the food. Otherwise I agree with your point.
 
Well, I think they should give the birth control devices with the food and not instead of the food. Otherwise I agree with your point.

Good point. I mean, the people that are already here, sure we should do what we can to alleviate their suffering and feed however many we can. But there needs to be a long term plan, and it needs to start now, or the food we are giving could create a hell of a dependency situation where any agency that wants to help will be locked in for a long time, possibly as the situation gets worse and worse with more people. The goal should be a self-sustaining populace in Darfur, not a dependant people who cannot fend for themselves. Education (sexual and otherwise) along with birth control, I feel are paramount to a successful outcome.
 
it's Malthusian, for sure. gotta agree with you totally on that one senob. it's a sad fact of life.
 
As the sole superpower with a lot of influence the US should be promoting birth control.Unfortunately due to mainly religious beleif systems we don't do that both here and abroad nearly as much as we should.
 
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