The Ehrlichs did describe these coercive methods in their 1977 textbook, Ecoscience: Population, Resouces, Environment but they did not endorse them, saying, " A far better choice, in our view, is to expand the use of milder methods of influencing family size preferences, while redoubling efforts to ensure that the means of birth control, including abortion and sterilization, are accessible to every human being on Earth within the shortest possible time.

Although the Ehrlichs collaborated on the book, the publisher insisted that a single author be credited, and also asked to change their preferred title: Population, Resources, and Environment.

The Ehrlichs made a number of specific predictions that did not come to pass, for which they have received criticism.

Barry Commoner argued that the Ehrlichs were too focused on overpopulation as the source of environmental problems, and that their proposed solutions were politically unacceptable because of the coercion that they implied, and because the cost would fall disproportionately on the poor.

The Ehrlichs stand by the basic ideas in the book, stating in 2009 that " perhaps the most serious flaw in The Bomb was that it was much too optimistic about the future " and believe that it achieved their goals because " it alerted people to the importance of environmental issues and brought human numbers into the debate on the human future.

Still other commentators have criticized the Ehrlichs ' perceived inability to acknowledge mistakes, evasiveness, and refusal to alter their arguments in the face of contrary evidence.

Few regret their choice.

He said, " It was a bad choice, and I'll regret it, one day, in the near future.

In the second last entry, she concluded, however, that all pain are gone and that it was such a relief: " How wonderful all these things are ; I have no regret for my very first choice!

In contrast, unlimited choice may lead to confusion, regret of the alternatives not taken, and indifference in an unstructured existence ; and the illusion that choosing an object or a course leads necessarily to control of that object or course can cause psychological problems.

The other assumes that individuals can experience regret if they make a suboptimal choice, and sometimes avoid making a choice to avoid experiencing regret.

Lord Percy, while expressing regret on Blackadder's choice of best man, describes Flashheart as being " The best sword, the best shot, the best sailor and the best kisser in the kingdom ".

Some criticized this as sexist, and Vellacott issued a " statement of regret " for his choice of words.

Lewis himself not only claimed to take modal realism seriously ( although he did regret his choice of the expression modal realism ), he also insisted that his claims should be taken literally:

Both Neo and another character, Cypher, take the red pill over the blue pill, with the latter showing regret for having made such a choice, having stated that if Morpheus fully informed them of the situation, Cypher would have told Morpheus to " shove the red pill right up ass.

As he is informed that the attempt has already been made and was unsuccessful, Admiral Paris expresses regret at Barclay's choice to disregard protocol.

But now Bolesław began to regret his choice and tried to recover Wrocław.

In " Steel Beach " she is also mentioned as one of the " Gigastars " enshrined by the Flacks-a bizarre celebrity cult-who later regret this choice, when feelies go out of fashion.

Nowadays, although he does not regret the choice he made, Cossutta considers that he was mistaken in opposing Berlinguer.

Although not a big hit on the charts and later revealed as a regret as a single choice by Cole, fans loved the single and viewed it as a great comeback along with credits.

As in Trollope's earlier Palliser novel Can You Forgive Her ?, in which also the heroine has to choose between two suitors, the enticing and charismatic suitor is revealed to have many unpleasant traits ( here Lopez ' ethnic background is also presented as a factor against him ); and Emily soon has cause to regret her choice.

Rowling herself expressed regret after changing the first book's title, as the Philosopher's Stone has been an age-old legend.

On November 14, 1638, he and his company entered into an agreement with the chief sachem Momauquin agreeing that in exchange for protection from the Quinnipiack Indians ' ancient enemies, the Mohawk and the Pequot, Momauquin would relinquish his right, title, and interest to the lands that both parties agreed would not later evolve into feelings of animosity, hate, or regret.

It is said that he laid the meaning of " regret " in the title of his last piece.

Wills admitted that his biggest regret in life was never getting the opportunity to fight Dempsey for the title.

At this press conference, Weaver elaborated that different people had taken different liberties with the Jaguars ' image over the years, singling out the ' All Black ' look which the team wore for every prime-time home game from 2003 to 2007 as a point of regret.

After marrying Mary Reed in a Methodist service in 1862, a Quaker encouraged him to express regret for this, to which Cannon replied, " If you mean that I am to get up in meeting and say that I am sorry I married Mary, I won't do it.

He expressed regret that the police and the FA did not consider delaying the kick-off of the match, a move which might have averted the 96 deaths.

Failing to remember something in the situation in which it would have been useful leads to regret.

LTTE spokesman Anton Balasingham told the Indian television channel NDTV that the killing was a " great tragedy, a monumental historical tragedy which we deeply regret.

In his speech, which was broadcast on national radio, Yusuf expressed regret at failing to end the country's seventeen year conflict as his government had mandated to do.

In his speech, which was broadcast on national radio, Yusuf expressed regret at failing to end the country's seventeen year conflict as his government had mandated to do.

Because of its " graphic " nature, this tale has at times been translated incompletely, as in John Payne's translation, where Alibech's sexual awakening is left untranslated and is accompanied with this footnote: " The translators regret that the disuse into which magic has fallen, makes it impossible to render the technicalities of that mysterious art into tolerable English ; they have therefore found it necessary to insert several passages in the original Italian.

Heidegger is a controversial figure, largely for his affiliation with the Nazis, for which he never apologized nor expressed regret, except in private when he called it " the biggest stupidity of his life " ( die größte Dummheit seines Lebens ).

Probably in the early part of 1050, Berengar addressed a letter to Lanfranc, then prior of Bec Abbey in Normandy, in which he expressed his regret that Lanfranc adhered to the eucharistic teaching of Paschasius and considered the treatise of Ratramnus on the subject ( which Berengar supposed to have been written by Johannes Scotus Eriugena ) to be heretical.

Aniston said her relationship with Pitt, which she does not regret, was " seven very intense years together " and that " it was a beautiful, complicated relationship.

On June 18, 2012, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution introduced by Congresswoman Judy Chu, that formally expresses the regret of the House of Representatives for the Chinese Exclusion Act, which imposed almost total restrictions on Chinese immigration and naturalization and denied Chinese-Americans basic freedoms because of their ethnicity.

While the three band members and co-producer Nigel Gray all expressed immediate regret over the rushed recording for the album, which was finished on 4 a. m. on the day the band began their world tour, the album would receive high praise from critics.

He also boasted in these journal entries that he had faked his previously written letter of regret to the owner of the van from which he and Klebold had stolen items and applauded himself as to his deception skills.

Laughton's bisexuality has been corroborated by several of his contemporaries and is generally accepted by Hollywood historians, However, actress Maureen O ' Hara, a friend and co-star of Laughton, claimed that Laughton told her that he and his wife never had children because of a botched abortion which Lanchester had early in her career while performing burlesque and that indeed his biggest regret was never having children of his own.

Saruman had cause to regret this when, following the confrontation between Saruman and Gandalf, Gríma mistakenly threw a " heavy rock " — which was actually the palantír of Orthanc — at the Rohirrim accompanying Gandalf, or even at Saruman himself.

When the agent's performance is compared to that of an agent which acts optimally from the beginning, the difference in performance gives rise to the notion of regret.

But we're facing a national situation which calls for the best which all of us can produce, because we know the results will be something which we will regret.

At the 35th Annual General Meeting in August 1954 the chairman advised the profound regret of the board and all associated with the company, including the users of the some 65, 000 vehicles which had been made since 1946, for their joint circumstances.

Former Illinois congressman and House Republican party minority leader Bob Michel caused a minor stir in 1988, when on the USA Today television program he fondly recalled minstrel shows in which he had participated as a young man and expressed his regret that they had fallen out of fashion.

" No one can regret more than I do the unpleasant circumstances surrounding Mr. Douglass's passage from Liverpool, but I can assure you that nothing of the kind will again take place on the steamships in which I am connected.