The New Viagra’s A Bitter Pill For The ‘Overpopulation Lobby’
IN the Telegraph the talk is of a “wonder pill” that could “increase sex drive in women and men and outsell Viagra” is being developed by “scientists”.
The medication, which has the potential to boost fertility rates, is also believed to help aid weight loss.
More sex. More people. But not more fat people.
Asks Johann Hari in the Independent: Are there just too many people in the world? Is our planet over-stuffed with human beings? Are we breeding to excess?
Now sure about everybody else, but there are some people who aren’t breeding enough.
There’s an “overpopulation lobby”, says Johann.
“They say with a frown that this global swarming is driving global warming. How can you be prepared to cut back on your car emissions and your plane emissions but not on your baby emissions? Can you really celebrate the pitter-patter of tiny carbon-footprints?”
How can anyone who loves the planet and life have children? It is a view that is beyond parody. But Hari is not alone:
The philosopher John Gray calls our species “homo rapiens”. The founder of Earth First!, Dave Foreman, called us “Humanpox” and wrote: “The Aids epidemic, rather than being a scourge, is a welcome development in the inevitable reduction of human population… If [it] didn’t exist, radical environmentalists would have to invent [it].”
And what of the former urban Environment Minister Michael ‘The Preacher’ Meacher, who told us: “We are the virus” infecting the Earth’s body – “this is the first time that a species has been at risk of generating its own demise”.
Who need pills for sex when the end of the world is nigh and it’s your last chance…
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