Mark: Aren’t you being a bit disingenuous there?

I’ve been in a few of these population discussions. Most have ethnocentrism lurking in the background: I definitely think there should be more of U.S., but I’m not so keen on there being more of THEM.

The exceptions to that “most” are folk like that environmental activist you quoted: people who have emerged from rigorous programs of “diversity awareness” counselling with their minds successfully purged of all thoughts about us and them… unfortunately ridding themselves, in the process, of any ability to think clearly about population issues.

I’m totally with you on George Osmond. Now, can we talk about the George Osmonds of Karachi, Algiers, Lagos, San Salvador, Jakarta,…?