Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!charlie From: charlie@cca.UUCP (Charlie Kaufman) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Starvation Message-ID: <6729@cca.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Feb-84 15:39:02 EST Article-I.D.: cca.6729 Posted: Sun Feb 19 15:39:02 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Feb-84 01:12:16 EST Lines: 21 I find it difficult to sympathize with the morally righteous of you who believe we should be sending more food to the starving. You're in much better position to act on your beliefs than those who believe we should be sending less. There are many many organizations eager to take your money and use it to supply food to the hungry. So go give until it hurts. And if you're not committed enough to give your own money, I'll be damned if I'll let you give mine. Those of you who believe starving people are better off without food (I know it sounds a little wierd, but that's the claim) have fewer options. I know of no organizations soliciting contributions to buy up food in third world nations and dump it in the ocean. I don't even know of any organizations ala Planned Parenthood of Africa which promote birth control but not food. So its a little harder to accuse you of being hypocrites. But I'm confident that it's only because there aren't enough of you willing to put your money where your fingers are, or the market would have done its thing. --Charlie Kaufman charlie@cca ...decvax!cca!charlie