this is the line I was responding to... if not yours, my apologies...
"I would just love to hear what gains in political and economic capital for Britain came out of the "Great Famine" – Damn all as far as I can fathom. It did I suppose leave us with a legacy of a seemingly interminable list of whinging Irish Ballads and a host of complete and utter myths and fairy stories that you appear to have fallen for hook line and sinker."


regarding this"
Problem lots of people in a confined and finite space are repeatedly suffering from food shortages and famines - The only solution is to get them to move, so as to prevent it happening again."

Easier said than done... especially now with a human population that exceeds the sustainable carrying capacity of the planet.

Logistics is the "devil in the details" that hinders or prevents the implementation of most "solutions".   And since it is most unlikely that sex will become unpopular anytime soon, there is a critical need to reduce the population reproduction rate... the math is simple, but our ability to respond correctly is not looking good.