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To: Wildstar who wrote (38531)	12/8/1998 8:38:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

wild, joss' statement may be true, however, i don't think we've reached that point. to me, it is a rather weak justification to accept the suffering of others. same with the we can't agree on justice concept so why care about starving people bit. i believe that both individuals don't actually feel that way but that is how i do interpret the relevance of their points. there is some truth but the apparent conclusion just doesn't fit. at least imho...

To: Wildstar who wrote (38531)	12/8/1998 10:24:00 AM
From: Joss	Respond to of 132070

Hi Wildstar, Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the populations of most of the first world countries stabilizing? Yes they are stabilizing. Because of Birth control methods( a variety). This is the point, exactly the point. Education and birth control allows humans to escape the cycle of growth exceeding food supply. So no, it doesn't negate my point, it makes it...please reread my posts on this subject. If you give food without birth control, you just get a bigger problem tomorrow. While it might "feel good" to save 30K people today, it is a crime if all you are doing is ensuring that 100K will starve tomorrow. Steve