Debating Matters: Population
Posted on: July 22, 2009 user submitted | Views: | Comment
BLURB At an enthralling preparation seminar for the prestigious Debating Matters national finals, filmed by WORLDbytes volunteers, Spiked Online¿s Brendan O¿Neill goes head-to-head with Adrian Stott from the Optimum Population Trust to discuss population growth. While Adrian advocates cutting back on humanity to save the environment, paying women not to have babies and tells us African men effectively commit mass rape, Brendan argues that such views are profoundly anti-human, authoritarian and a case of Malthusians finding the latest justification for pure prejudice. Brendan reminds us that the growth in our numbers is the outcome of better health and longer life expectancy and people are not just some biological entity or ¿another mouth to feed¿ but creative beings that make great things happen. He welcomes billions more of us.
