Date: Tuesday, 9 March 2010 02:57 pm (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to write such an eloquent and thoughtful reply.

To your question, have I been pitied by a chance acquaintance, I'd have to say No, not in a direct, verbal way. I've sensed at times it's been thought but not verbalised, out of polite consideration for my feelings, but that's maybe me being paranoid.

The over-population debate, as expressed by no-child movements and guilt-wracked spawners of a sprog or 3, is something I'm a little suspicious of. I'm wary of just reducing it to an arithmetic problem. Is the human population as a whole living unsustainably? Yes. Is this purely as a result of too many people? I don't think so. The Hebrides had much larger populations than they do now, with a vibrant culture. For anyone really agonising over this, the people of Jura would love to have you boost their population!

Agreed, my last paragraph was poorly thought out and unnecessary. I shall try to express myself more clearly next time we're juggling G&Ts.

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