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To: Neocon who wrote (51568)	8/16/1999 11:28:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

it must be noted that the primary problem at the end of the twentieth century is the misdirection of foreign aid dollars by tyrannical governments, I'm not sure I would use tyrannical, but certainly the misdirection of foreign aid is significant. I don't know what percentage of our foreign aid goes to military aid and what percentage to food aid, but I belive it is seriously slanted in the former direction, whereas I think starving people would far rather receive food than have their governments receive more weapons.

To: Neocon who wrote (51568)	8/22/1999 8:09:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 108807

<I disagree with the author about corporate farming, which is simply more efficient, nor do I think that we can over- ride the responsibility of national governments to provide for their citizens, unless we are willing to becoming a truly imperial power.> You may disagree with the idea that corporate farming is not the most efficient way of feeding people, but do you have any proof to support your position? Certainly, family and community farm experiments all over the world are enabling people to eat, and doing it often organically or by intensive farming methods which produce more food per acre than corporate farming does, without the pollution or erosion of top soil that we have in present day large farming operations in America.