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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by carbonguy on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @12:43AM (#29548628)
> _My_ world view deems no person "excess".

So we don't have "too many" people? The world is not OVERpopulated? Because excess means "too many" or "more than needed," so if you're saying there's no excess, then you're saying there's not too many people.

I definitely agree with you, by the way: the world does not have an excess of humans!

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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by throwawaylinux on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:15AM (#29549431)
We have many more people on earth than can sustainably be supported without continuing environmental damage and depletion.
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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by ekianjo on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @07:34AM (#29550910)
Nope. That is catastrophism.
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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by throwawaylinux on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @07:57AM (#29551031)
No, it's just what's happening. For example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29546714
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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by ekianjo on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @08:44AM (#29565792)
Please explain to me how the survival of birds is linked to the survival of human life on Earth. We are already in a civilization where we don't depend anymore on foraging stuff that grows in nature anymore.
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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by throwawaylinux on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @04:46PM (#29572015)
Strawman.
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Re:Bird populations declining fast across North America by littlecosmic on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:45AM (#29550632)
if we were kangaroos, rabbits, or deer, we would do a population cull on ourselves 'for our own good' (not that I think we should).
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