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From: lwe3207@acf4.UUCP (Lars Warren Ericson)
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Subject: Re: Hedonism, visiting poor countries
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Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 22:34:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  8 22:34:00 1985
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>	How can you spend money on having a good time, knowing that the
>	people around you are on the verge of starvation?  ...  As my Indian
>	friend says, you get used to it, and perhaps it is hypocritical to
>	allow such poverty to exist ...  but there's a difference between
>	knowing that people are suffering and actually seeing them and
>	ignoring them.  I couldn't enjoy Hedonism either.
>
>			John Purbrick
>			decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-hermes!jpexg

You'd *hate* New York City.