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=
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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=
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and aid the sick, but instead it's used largely for luxury consumption=94 i=
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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
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So much for not joining,
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/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