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It's funny because it was written by a theatre critic.

It's funny because it was written by a theatre critic.

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He was joking about that whole thing right? i mean, you couldn't be serious and write this kind of thing:

Much of what we loosely call the Western world will not survive this century, and much of it will effectively disappear within our lifetimes, including many if not most Western European countries.

Edit: i bet he and battlecookie would get along real well

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I read the beginning and it was enough for me.

The author sees cultures as some discrete units and that's where "Doom and Gloom" feel of the article comes from ("Western World dies!"). Cultures influence each other and mix with each other. The culture cannot die, it can transform or assimilate with other cultures.

The author sees cultures as some discrete units and that's where "Doom and Gloom" feel of the article comes from ("Western World dies!"). Cultures influence each other and mix with each other. The culture cannot die, it can transform or assimilate with other cultures.

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Generally yes. However recent events have highlighted some immigrant youths that are feeling alienated from their new countries' culture and people and are getting disillusioned with their lot in life.

Nice article. Very appropriate for the most part, but it doesn't tell me anything new, other than I didn't know that such a horny Island like Japan has problems with kids-supply.

American conservatives are right and the whole rest of the world is wrong, on every issue. The Muslims are breeding and threatening our very existence. Vote Bush!

(w00t)

Although the guy bases the article on the valid concern that dropping birthrates in the west will cause problems in the future, the extrapolation he makes is mad.

Although the guy bases the article on the valid concern that dropping birthrates in the west will cause problems in the future, the extrapolation he makes is mad.

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That's how you get more clicks. Would anyone read the article titled "Low birth rates in European countries likely to lead to demographic problems".

 

I've read one article where some politician was concerned about countries expanding their nucllear programs and it was titled something like "The World Nuclear War is Coming".

Its an opinion piece and i felt it was pretty obvious where he was going from the outset.

Civilizations rise and civilizations fall then civilizations rise again, it is the ebb and flow of human existance.

He is extreme though his point about the birth rates is fair. He's right that Europe might find it hard to support a retiring population too if it comes to that.

The could move them to North Africa and leave them in the middle of the Sahara and just let nature take its course.

Nature's already taking its course since their numbers are dwindling while others are taking over.

Hmm... Then I guess we need to use nuclear weapons to stop it so we can let nature takes its course instead of letting it go on without our permission. That will teach nature. BWAAAHAAAHAAAAA!

Bless the mighty bomb of Flames and retribution.

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!

Fire is cool. Watch things burn.

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I have no time to read of every one's predictions, they're usually wrong anyway. Who predicted in the 70s that by the end of the centuray we would have complety used up all of our natural resources? I can't remember the guy's name.

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Whoa... I felt like I was truly losing brain cells from just reading that... and I didn't even bother reading it the whole way through since I was starting to get a headache from rolling my eyes the whole time

Brain cells?

Brain cells?

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you know, those little things that help people think that you don't have many of...

 

okay, sorry, but you totally set that one up

Brain cells?

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Also known as neurons... mmm... action potentials