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Benedict Garrett
@Bendi_G · 4:50

Does culture & religion trump life, the universe and everything?

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And each of his brothers and sisters had multiple numbers of children, right? And he says, yeah, but in our culture, that's what we do. At what point do we say, yeah, we have to respect that because it's their culture? Or do we say, Listen, guys, I know that it's your culture, I know there's an issue of education there, we need to deal with that. I know that there are maybe religious reasons

Where should our ‘respect’ for culture & religion as an excuse for harmful behaviours draw a line?

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@Bendi_G

But until then, it's the small little waves or blips here and there of the different individuals or different groups who can take that perspective, who are willing to shuffle their priorities and say, look, the planet is our home and if we want to continue living here, well, then there are things we have to change, right? And if we want humans to be able to continue to live on this planet, then we also have to make changes with respect to population and so on
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Aayan Banerjee
@BasTalk · 4:55

@Bendi_G

In the 48 countries where a population growth rate is above 2% 45 entrants belong to Africa and the rest from other regions. That apart, if you see the list and I'm reading it off, the source of this data is from United Nations population growth rates. The top 50 countries starting Syria through Niger, through Somalia, Zambia, Gambia, Nigeria, Afghanistan does not figure in the top 50. Okay?
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