Re: Salinger's world

AntiUtopia@aol.com
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:54:00 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 8/12/99 5:24:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20
the_laughing_man@hotmail.com writes:

<< Seriously, Sam, if it is any comfort I really don=92t see where Jim=92s a=
nswer=20
 to your one sentence came from (is the word =93largely=94 really enough pro=
of of=20
 assuming what Jim does about Sam=92s opinions? Isn=92t it quite obvious wha=
t Sam=20
 meant?) Is =93 Today, the world's resources could be used to feed the hungr=
y=20
 and aid the sick, but instead it's used largely for luxury consumption=94 i=
n=20
 any way a stand-alone statement more naive than =94 Most geographical=20
 countries have the means to feed their people, most geographical areas can=20
 sustain the people living on it.  It's a matter of the people in charge=20
 THERE doing their job.=94
=20
 So much for not joining,
=20
 /TLM >>

Yeah, yeah, EVERY statment in this discussion will be naive and=20
oversimplified, but some are naive in the right direction :)

The more Sam wrote, the more I see I really did understand him right off the=20
bat.  Course, when you don't really understand your own position...

Jim