Headlines don't tell the truth

I seem to see a lot of headlines in the news similar to the following:

FISHING STOCKS SEVERELY DEPLETED OFF CANADIAN COAST
JAPANESE AGRICULTURAL LAND IN SHORT SUPPLY
FLORIDA CITRUS YIELD HITS 30-YEAR LOW
PETROLEUM RESERVES WILL RUN OUT IN 2010, STUDY SHOWS
DRINKING WATER SHORTAGE COMPOUNDS RWANDAN REFUGEES' PLIGHT

Maybe it's just me, but I think a better title for these articles would be:

TOO MANY HUMANS EATING CANADIAN FISH HARVEST
TOO MANY HUMANS FARMING JAPANESE LAND
TOO MANY HUMANS EATING FLORIDA CITRUS
TOO MANY HUMANS MINING PETROLEUM RESERVES
TOO MANY HUMANS DRINKING WATER IN RWANDA

Seriously though, I wish the newspapers and other media would at least point out that there are two sides to the equation. If it weren't for the fact that there are so many of us, there wouldn't be so little of everything else.

From: Gregory C. Wilcox
Email: gwilcox@charter.net
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617-498-5476 (work)
30 May 1995