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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: poor starving people
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 21:57:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 28 21:57:38 1984
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>   = 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?
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Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,sun}!amdahl!gam

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