Thursday, April 03, 2008
Ted Turner: There are "Too Many" People in the World
Ted Turner, who proves every day that one does not need brains to make money, is once again making ridiculous statements to go along with his lengthy career of making ridiculous statements.
His new one? The world has too many people in it. And "global warming" will cause crops to fail in 40 years, leading to "cannibalism."
Ted Turner: Global warming could lead to cannibalism; Billionaire environmentalist says world has too many people
Here's our take - perhaps Turner is right that there are "too many" people in the world. So, Turner himself can take the lead and kill himself. It will get rid of one spot, and get certainly remove one enormous asshole from our midst at the same time.
Ted Turner, who proves every day that one does not need brains to make money, is once again making ridiculous statements to go along with his lengthy career of making ridiculous statements.
His new one? The world has too many people in it. And "global warming" will cause crops to fail in 40 years, leading to "cannibalism."
Ted Turner: Global warming could lead to cannibalism; Billionaire environmentalist says world has too many people
Failure to address global warming will have us all dead or eating each other by mid-century.
So says Ted Turner, the restaurateur, environmentalist and former media mogul whose controversial comments have earned him the nickname "Mouth of the South."
If steps aren't taken to stem global warming, "We'll be eight degrees hotter in 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow," Turner said during a wide-ranging, hour-long interview with PBS's Charlie Rose that aired Tuesday.
"Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals," said Turner, 69. "Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — like Somalia or Sudan — and living conditions will be intolerable."
One way to combat global warming, Turner said, is to stabilize the population.
"We're too many people; that's why we have global warming," he said. "Too many people are using too much stuff."
Turner suggested that "on a voluntary basis, everybody in the world's got to pledge to themselves that one or two children is it."
Admitting that he's "always suffered from foot-in-the-mouth disease," Turner added, "I've gotten a lot better, though. It's been a long time since anybody caught me saying something stupid."
Here's our take - perhaps Turner is right that there are "too many" people in the world. So, Turner himself can take the lead and kill himself. It will get rid of one spot, and get certainly remove one enormous asshole from our midst at the same time.
