Letters - 06 January 2012
From population to Plain Friends
Population
Elizabeth Hocking (11 November 2011) mentions ‘technological changes, possible economic collapse, the exploitation and destruction of the world’s resources and, above all, the explosion in population.’
Population gets occasional mention in the letters column, but rarely with any response. This is much the way that people in general react, but I had long hoped that Friends, with their ability to go ahead of general public opinion, would be prepared to discuss this subject properly, with a view to being as concerned about it as they are with consumption and poverty.
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