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From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics
Subject: Re: The role of America in world hunger & red spread
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 12:41:22 EDT
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> 
> 	Let's not forget the populations of many Latin/South American
> countries who are being starved by America's appetite for non-synthetic
> controlled substances. More profitable (for the land owners) crops of
> drugs are being grown in place of food which would have been consumed
> locally, not exported.
> 	I hope all those who are boycotting pinapple will also cut down
> on coke, just to be consistent . 
> 
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> (Scott Crenshaw @ SCI Systems , Inc.)  {akgua,decvax}!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp!scott 

What a sweeping generalizaion.  By saying 'America's appetite for drugs' you 
seem to implicate the American government. It is the criminal element
that imports drugs.  And in no way do they represent the government or the
U.S. population.  Let us also not forget that some Latin/South American
governments are heavily involved in the growing and production of illegal
crops and drugs.  Are you suggesting for a moment that because some acid head
wants/needs drugs that I am somehow responsible for the improper use of land in 
some other country, especially if that countrie's government looks the other 
way?