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Five-Time Father Ted Turner Calls for One-Child Policy

By Kenneth P. Green

AEIdeas

December 07, 2010

ted-turnerHere’s yet another one for the climate-hypocrisy file. In Cancun, at the ongoing climate talks, Buffalo (and Jane Fonda) lover Ted Turner opined that the world needs a “one-child” policy, like China’s.

According to Canada’s Globe and Mail, “Mr. Turner—a long-time advocate of population control—said the environmental stress on the Earth requires radical solutions, suggesting countries should follow China’s lead in instituting a one-child policy to reduce global population over time. He added that fertility rights could be sold so that poor people could profit from their decision not to reproduce.”

Given that Ted has five children (yes, five), one must ask which four he’s planning to sacrifice to Gaia. (h/t Tom Nelson)

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