A very dangerous man.

Macsky · Jan 14, 2020

Disturbing rhetoric from Mr Packham today, a very dangerous man given far too much media attention.

Smallpox and malaria are there to regulate our population, says Chris Packham | ITV News

Packham was speaking ahead of the broadcast of his new programme 7.7 Billion People And Counting. | ITV National News

www.itv.com

Macsky · Jan 14, 2020

Interestingly, eradication of small pox was thanks largely to the fact that we milk cows!

chaffcutter · Jan 14, 2020

Wonder what his criteria for euthanasia might be? Dangerously close to the eugenics crazies if you ask me.

czechmate · Jan 14, 2020

I don’t see how this interview makes him dangerous and actually I agree with what he is saying.
I’m enjoying an interesting read at the moment regarding the relationship between Britain and France over the last 1000 years.
One interesting point, the Black Death killed 50,000 of the population of Paris, which at the time was 70,000.

jondear · Jan 14, 2020

Well he had his say about the guy Oli on love island that yesterday turned out he was into big game hunting in Africa..He's left today but says it's for other reasons but lots of complaints to itv!

Yale · Jan 14, 2020

Well,being as he’s so concerned shall we have a whip round for a voucher for Dignitas and a one way plane ticket?

Exfarmer · Jan 14, 2020

He has a point, the population cannot keep expanding, for certain global warming is solely due to population growth beyond the planets ability to contain our emmissions.
I suggest he volunteers for the chop, to set an example to all mankind

Wellytrack · Jan 14, 2020

Yeah, A holes like Packham are well keen on population control unless it’s actually them. You first old chap........

JSmith · Jan 14, 2020

He doesn’t want anything cute an cuddly controlling but he’s up for the human population being controlled?? The mans an arsehole with no concept of why the countryside he loves is like it is, ie... managed for generations to be shaped into the way it is!!!

Devil's advocate · Jan 14, 2020

czechmate said:
I don’t see how this interview makes him dangerous and actually I agree with what he is saying.
I’m enjoying an interesting read at the moment regarding the relationship between Britain and France over the last 1000 years.
One interesting point, the Black Death killed 50,000 of the population of Paris, which at the time was 70,000.

I agree.

Although the OP is also totally corect Packham is a dangerous man.

DrWazzock · Jan 14, 2020

Well maybe they should pay people not to have kids. Where do I apply?
Globally that would have the biggest impact on carbon emissions but it will never happen as we are wedded to the medieval argument that we need a rising population to look after the old folk and "keep the economy growing", an argument which will lead to standing room only if perpetuated.

The way it looks, the criminals keep on breeding while the more educated have cut back. A very depressing prospect.
Grandad always said the welfare state was the farewell state.

anzani · Jan 14, 2020

Isn't that the plus of veganism, unbalanced nutrition, leading to shortened lifespan and heightened infertility ?

Muddyroads · Jan 14, 2020

Fundamentally he’s right that human population growth fuels whatever global warming our species is responsible for.
However I struggle to accept lectures from a man who makes large amounts of money from flying himself and wealthy guests on long distance safari type holidays, amongst other hypocritical activities.

DrWazzock · Jan 14, 2020

anzani said:
Isn't that the plus of veganism, unbalanced nutrition, leading to shortened lifespan and heightened infertility ?

Whenever there is a famine abroad the first thing you see on telly is somebody surrounded by their 10 children complaining that they can't feed them, so I'm not so sure if that argument is valid.

Macsky · Jan 14, 2020

czechmate said:
I don’t see how this interview makes him dangerous and actually I agree with what he is saying.
I’m enjoying an interesting read at the moment regarding the relationship between Britain and France over the last 1000 years.
One interesting point, the Black Death killed 50,000 of the population of Paris, which at the time was 70,000.

To which plague and early, miserable death do you nominate yourself?

Brisel · Jan 14, 2020

Large families were common when mortality took so many of them before medical science improved survival rates. The "every sperm is sacred*" line from the Vatican doesn't help either.

* The Pope didn't actually say that. Monty Python sang about it.

Brisel · Jan 14, 2020

For once Packham has said something I agree with. There are too many people on this planet for the natural resources to sustain.

He's still a dangerous man.

Martin Holden · Jan 14, 2020

Brisel said:
For once Packham has said something I agree with. There are too many people on this planet for the natural resources to sustain.

He's still a dangerous man.

I concur. He is only a “dangerous man” due to the amount of media coverage gets. If you feed the fire with oxygen it will keep burning.

M-J-G · Jan 14, 2020

I can't stand Packham, but I see little to disagree with in the OP article.

The world has too many people and it's going to be bled dry. Uncomfortable to hear, but we are using P, K, Salt, oil, gas, (to name a few) resources and carving the planet up into a mess.

I think super bugs will do the job of controlling population, and at the rate we travel around the world these days we would be pretty effective at spreading a disease to most parts of the planet.

All cheery stuff

Wellytrack · Jan 14, 2020

Populations should be tempered through birth control and education, to suggest letting disease, suffering and pain do it for us is inhuman. A Completely and irredeemably contemptible man.

A very dangerous man.

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