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From: dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL)
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Subject: Re: Live Aid
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 15:31:23 EDT
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From: rjv@ihdev.UUCP (ron vaughn)
>                             i think a good percentage (10%? 30%?) shouldn't
> go for food, it should go for birth control and education about birth
> control.  yes, yes, i realize there are these incredible drought recently etc.,
> but the problem has always been there.  the plain and simple truth is
> there are too many people to feed.  it should be attacked from both
> ends, try to get these people more food and help them grow more of their
> own, AND show them something about birth control.  if a person can't
> feed himself and his wife, how's he gonna' fee his 8 kids too?  having
> a lot of kids when you can't feed them is downright unfair to the kids.

One could say that Ethiopia is over populated for the available resources,
but I read recently that its population density is relatively sparse (about
equal to the state of Texas).

> 	ron vaughn	...!ihnp4!ihdev!rjv


David Olson
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"To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools". -- Jean de la Bruyere