<i>So this does pretty much amount to population control</i><p>From the POV of an outsider or a different species, would any entity care about the difference between &quot;effectively&#x2F;pretty much&quot; and what you deem to be &quot;actual&quot; population control?<p>I doubt it.<p>So basically, you haven&#x27;t been disagreeing with me, just splitting hairs on what the words &quot;population control&quot; means. I&#x27;m using a more generic criteria: Is the population controlled?