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This article about Global Overpopulation, written by Cara Swann and published on September 1, 2000, is talking about the overpopulation as a big problem and why each new birth increases this problem. She considers some facts as the city where she lives and what the needs of each newborn will be, especially in the U.S. The author also says that she agrees that not having children is a benefit to humankind.

When one considers that the overpopulation is a problem that needs urgent solutions, it is important for people not to be extremist for many reasons, but the main reason is the preservation of nations’ culture, that is related first to their language, the second is the history and the third is their music.

Culture is one of the characteristics of a nation; even though many countries speak the same language, each country adds something to this language that makes it a little bit different from the other countries. Consider Creole, which is the most commonly spoken language in Haiti; people in many countries in the Caribbean such as Saint Lucia, Martinique and Guadeloupe speak Creole, but people in each country speaks Creole differently and adds some words that are sometimes from other languages or traditions. Sometimes, the same world has a different meaning in each country, which is sometimes confusing; it is the same in other languages, for example in Spanish “Guagua” means “Bus” in some Spanish-speaking countries, and in others it means “children”.

It is important for every nation to reproduce and educate their people and let them know who those heroes are and what they did for the nation. Around the world the past history of each country is not the same. Each country in the world is unique and has its history and its heroes. Haiti has some heroes, like Jean Jacques Dessalines, Francois Capois and Tousaint Louverture, who are very honorable and venerable because they sacrificed their life to the freedom of our nation. This is important for the Haitian people to promote these persons and any country is going to remember them, except if they did something related to their country. If a nation does not have newborns how will the history be known by the coming generation?
Even if everyone agrees that music is something universal, people from each country have different feelings when listening to music related to their own country. For example “Salsa” is a kind of music that is very popular in Latin America. Although it is the same “Salsa” being played by musicians in every Latin American country, there is some difference; sometimes people say that it is a little too slow for them, and sometimes a little fast, depending on the country this person is from. People would save their way to appreciate things.

At the end, it is important for people to preserve their culture like language, history and music, but it is also important to preserve the earth for the coming generations.

Swann, Cara (2000, Sep 1). Global Overpopulation. Suite101.com. Retrieved on Jan. 20, 2009, from http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/childfree_by_choice/46451.