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Right to Buy - Unethical/Sinister change?

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  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    Completely disagree, already far too many people for the Earth's resources.



    I mean that's not true, statistically, but even if it was, a declining population is still not the answer.


    In the past conflict kept the population at bay, but we have evolved beyond that.
  • DaftyDuck
    DaftyDuck Posts: 4,609 Forumite
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    Infant mortality, with a lesser part played by adult disease. Conflict has always played a minor role. The good old mosquito has, indirectly, killed more in any and each year than war....
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,103 Forumite
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    Guest101 wrote: »
    I mean that's not true, statistically, but even if it was, a declining population is still not the answer.


    Why would you want even more people in the world?
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    DaftyDuck wrote: »
    Infant mortality, with a lesser part played by adult disease. Conflict has always played a minor role. The good old mosquito has, indirectly, killed more in any and each year than war....



    Whilst I agree that access to health and medicines has played a huge role in the increase in population, I do beg to differ about war.


    80 million people died in ww2, 18 million in ww1 - approx. 110million victims of war in the 20th century. Throughout history estimates do vary, but are claimed to be as high as 1 billion.
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    Why would you want even more people in the world?

    Because that's how a species survives?
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,103 Forumite
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    Guest101 wrote: »
    In the past conflict kept the population at bay, but we have evolved beyond that.

    Unfortunately organisations such as Daesh, haven't.
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    Unfortunately organisations such as Daesh, haven't.


    When making a point, it's best to avoid extreme examples. Yes there are bad people in the world. Yes we should stop them. No that doesn't make humanity or society 'bad'
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser Posts: 2,851 Forumite
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    Norman_Castle wrote: »
    Funding for council housing comes from loans which are repaid from rental income. Council housing budgets are separate from other council finances. They keep separate accounts called The Housing Revenue Account. They cannot subsidise or be subsidised by other means.

    John Bird thinks you're an ignoramus.

    So what? It is still my money, whether it is in a ring-fenced budget or not.
  • sevenhills
    sevenhills Posts: 5,938 Forumite
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    Guest101 wrote: »
    Because that's how a species survives?

    Some species cull their own because its population is too big, more does not mean happier/healthier or safer.

    "David Attenborough - Humans are plague on Earth"

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/9815862/Humans-are-plague-on-Earth-Attenborough.html
  • Red-Squirrel_2
    Red-Squirrel_2 Posts: 4,341 Forumite
    Guest101 wrote: »
    Whilst I agree that access to health and medicines has played a huge role in the increase in population, I do beg to differ about war.


    80 million people died in ww2, 18 million in ww1 - approx. 110million victims of war in the 20th century. Throughout history estimates do vary, but are claimed to be as high as 1 billion.

    Spanish flu alone killed somwewhere between 50 and 100 million people in the space of a year or two just after WWI

    I think disease wins in the 'number of people killed in the 20th century' competition.

    How that relates to house buying renting and selling is less clear!
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