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