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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Politics and Ethics -- Socialism,...
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Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 13:41:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 29 13:41:17 1986
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Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <362@drutx.UUCP> dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL) writes:
>>not everybody is fortunate enough to have a garden...
>
>Before I started that garden, what was there consisted mainly of
>thistle barely growing on dirt that was almost as hard as concrete.
>I had to use a pickaxe on much of it just to break up the dirt.
>I finally got it workable and put in some nutrients (mainly organic).
>It still requires someone (me) to, among other things, till the earth,
>plant the seed, worry about hail storms, harvest and preserve the food.
>It probably always will.  "fortunate enough to have a garden"?  There's
>more to it than that.

Yes, but not everybody has a place to put a garden.  There's more to it
than being fortunate enough, but being fortunate enough is part of it.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108