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Abortions by Sex Cause Vietnamese Boy Boom
- May 15, 2009 19:56:09
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- Vietnam is seeing a boom in male births as increasing numbers of parents opt for sex-specific abortions. In 2001, the sex ratio in Vietnam was close to the biological norm of 105 male births per 100 female births, but this reached 111 to 100 by 2007....
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Yes, there is a reason-- it occurs because species reproduce faster when such occurs (a male can impregnate many females, a female can only be successfully and healthily pregnant about once a year).
This is great, if your goal is to ensure the continuance of the species.
But if your goal is quality of life, it kinda sucks after a certain point.
"I guess the population will decrease with a world war over possession and breeding rights with the few surviving females.............."
There is no need for a war. Let the females pick :).
There is no need for a war. Let the females pick :)
It's the females that are not being picked. That's the whole point of that article. There won't be any in some areas of the world. The few that remain won't pick they'll be taken.
You said world war. Now you're scaling it down to civil war. :).
It's perfectly fine by me if the countries in question collapse. They are ruled by tyrants, and their collapse will eliminate those tyrants :).
and we've a tyrant rising inthis country. ................
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Which means, by linguistic rules, that you admit that you did scale something down.
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and we've a tyrant rising inthis country. ................"
A tyrant of a lesser degree. We've been ruled by such for a long time. When a country comes along that has less of a tyrant then ours, I'll move there and apply the same reasoning :)
It's perfectly fine by me if the countries in question collapse. They are ruled by tyrants, and their collapse will eliminate those tyrants :).
Problem there is other tyrants will rise to take their place. It's the blatant disregard of the constitution and none standing up for it that's causing the rise at least to this point a soft tyranny. It'll become more tyrannical as time goes on.............
I forgot. What's the point of our argument anyway? I thought it had to do with no women being born over there (I'm sure I'll spread this way) and all those lovesick guys will say "Let's go someplace where there are women" It also had to do what tamed the "wild west". It wasn't the law. It was women. The guys had to straighten up and act right.................
No, it doesn't give us the reason you think that to be the case.
"Problem there is other tyrants will rise to take their place."
True, but those ones will have less resources at their disposal and therefore be less of a threat :).
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I forgot. What's the point of our argument anyway? I thought it had to do with no women being born over there (I'm sure I'll spread this way) and all those lovesick guys will say "Let's go someplace where there are women""
This is Vietnam. They don't like to go interracial :).
"True, but those ones will have less resources at their disposal and therefore be less of a threat "........ That's wishful thinking.
"This is Vietnam. They don't like to go interracial :)"...........That maybe true. But when you country is dying be cause of a lack of procreation. That lack of.procreation is caused by a lack of women. You'll go interracial. At least raiding neighboring countries.
I believe this is showing a problem with abortion. There are those that see no wrong or negative outcomes from abortions at any level. And will defend abortion on demand whenever and where ever for whatever reason........................
Wishful thinking?
The entire point of a military is to remove resources from enemies.
"hat maybe true. But when you country is dying be cause of a lack of procreation. That lack of.procreation is caused by a lack of women. You'll go interracial. At least raiding neighboring countries. "
Don't the neighboring countries have the same basic culture? Which means, probably the same problem :).
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I believe this is showing a problem with abortion. There are those that see no wrong or negative outcomes from abortions at any level. And will defend abortion on demand whenever and where ever for whatever reason........................
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That would be me ;).
When did this happen?
Besides, it doesn't make any sense. They want women who look like them, because they are collectivists and therefore implicitly mild racists. That means, civil war only :).