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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Re: Milk in Sudan and Ethiopia
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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 23:42:15 EST
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> Our local newspaper has an LA Times wire service story today
> that shows George Bush pouring milk for starving refugees
> of Ethiopia in Sudan.  I'm NOT going to comment on the 
						percentage
> of 5-10 year old kids in that area would be lactose intolerant,

	Alright, don't blame Bush.  Lactose intolerance usually isn't
a factor until puberty.  It's very rare anywhere to find a child who's
extremely lactose intolerant.
	Two, although a high percentage of Negroes are Lactose intolerant,
most Caucasians aren't, and in fact, most Ethiopians are closer to
Caucasoid than Negroid -- in every feature except skin color.
	Therefore, redirect your flames elsewhere. There was absolutely
nothing wrong in that picture.

	If you want to flame, however (this is net.politics, of course you
want to flame), flame on the Russians. They sent:
	1. Rice - which traditionally Ethiopians don't eat.
	2. Canned meat - which is indigestible in people suffering malnutrition
	3. Military Hardware, of which some trucks were used for food.
	(Actually, give the Russians credit for the last one. They ensured
that US and western grain would be traveling in vehicles emblazoned with
the Hammer and Sickle.  Pretty good propaganda coup, if I say so myself.)

-- 
				Craig Werner
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		What do you expect?  Watermelons are out of season!