If Half the world's population was killed off, would you be sad?
Yes
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No
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Half of the world's scientists, half of the world's doctors, half of the world's teachers, half of the world's veterans, and half of the world's idiots. Half of families, half of children, half of brothers, half of sisters, half of parents, half of grandparents. Half of the world gone. Why? Overpopulation? We can sustain what we have now. We can sustain more. Advances in genetic modification permit it. If we want there to be less population, we should invest in contraceptives, birth control, sex education, and an infrastructure for the countries that don't have the means to acquire and teach them. Yes, I would be sad. Half of the world gone, three billion to grieve over. Perhaps I might be lucky and my family would be spared -- but then who took their place? Was it worth the money saved? The extra food for everyone else? A bit more space? More stuff? More for the lucky half? If half the world's population is killed off, make sure I'm among the killed, because I don't want to see the aftermath. Side: Yes
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My argument for this side, we wouldn't even know they even existed so it would not affect my life at all. If they were your family or people you are connected to in someway (ie, your native homeland), yes I can see how you would be saddened. But seriously, millions of people die each year and yet none of us are sad about it are we? That's not because we are cold humans. It's simply because we don't know of the 99.99% of all deaths that happen each year in the world in places we'll never see or have any connection/relation to. So if you are going to be sad that 3.5 billion humans would be offed, then why aren't you sad about the 30,000 children that die each day in africa or the 300,000-1 million people that die in america each year from cancer and heart disease? Side: No
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The world is overpopulated right now. Half of the world's population is three billion five hundred sixty-two million five hundred thousand and that's still a pretty substantial amount of people. As long as none of my family or friends were apart of the people that would be killed i'd be fine with it. Side: No
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