Originally Posted by
Mario92
The problem still stands of the ends nowhere near justifying the means. The average natural disaster, war, or genocide only kills off a tiny, tiny portion of the global population. The difference is negligible, but the suffering created is immense. Over time, we're still boned. The areas hit hardest by these things tend to be the poorer regions with short average lifespans anyway. To make a lasting dent on global population (and a temporary one, at that), you'd have to remove roughly all of Africa.