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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (4589)2/18/2003 1:39:18 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 7720
 
<Actual non sequitur.>

I didn't actually ask you if you if you thought I was a peer of Jonathan Swift or whether I was funny. In the second part, I did ask whether your priorities have a ranking and earlier if that is proportional to severity of their manifestation, as mine are.

Death due to starvation and poverty outweigh that by combat of petty and major potentates many times over. This carnage is mostly in the form of infants and the elderly, and is largely preventable with low cost and effort. Much of it could be fixed with a few dollars on a water project. Arsenic in well water is a worldwide problem that could be solved easily and cheaply with reverse osmosis membranes. You might find this ironic and/or funny:

timesonline.co.uk

I found it sad.
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