Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!amdahl!gam From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: poor starving people Message-ID: <610@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 21:57:38 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.610 Posted: Wed Nov 28 21:57:38 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 19:09:56 EST References: <642@amd.UUCP> <1162@shark.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 33 > = Steve Hutchinson > | = Phil Ngai > | But that's not what I want to flame about. Are the United States and other > | countries expected to continually bail out countries which can't feed > | themselves? I think there must be too many people living in Ethiopia. > | I think there probably isn't any birth control there. > > Ignorant jerk. The cause of the famine in Ethiopia is the five years of > severe drought. The birthrate there is nearly zero. Starving people don't > make new babies. > > | PROPOSAL > | The United States should send more food to Ethiopia, but all recipients > | must consent to sterilization. > | > | Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720 > > Only if I get to sterilize you first. > > This kind of flame is far too mild for you. Send your address and I will > arrange more literal flames. I think Steve's response to Phil sums up Steve's thought and understanding of this problem very well. Steve is even erroneous about "starving people don't make new babies" -- they do have babies, but the offspring are frequently mentally retarded. Hey, but why bother making sense when you can flame? -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,sun}!amdahl!gam 37 22'50" N / 122 59'12" W [ This is just me talking. ]