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From: nadya@dartvax.UUCP (Nadya M. Labib)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Live Aid
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 14:41:44 EDT
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In article <3326@drutx.UUCP> dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL) writes:
>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
>
Well, the population is dying off, what did you expect?
 
 
 
 
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