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From: John Larkin on 11 Aug 2006 16:39 On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:09:47 +0100, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>I think the US has been, to a great extent, a victim of history, albeit >>a muscular and dangerous one. Some day all the world will be able to >>afford the luxuries that Europe now enjoys without guilt. > >Americans enjoy even more luxuries; do you feel guilty? I do. I should do more to help the sick and miserable of the world. 1% of my income would feed a village in Africa. I give some, but I know that even if I gave a lot more I would, by whims of fate, still be way better off than most people. But I'm a circuit designer, not a doctor, so I do what I do best. John
From: Richard The Dreaded Libertarian on 11 Aug 2006 19:05 On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:39:55 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:09:47 +0100, John Woodgate > >>>I think the US has been, to a great extent, a victim of history, albeit >>>a muscular and dangerous one. Some day all the world will be able to >>>afford the luxuries that Europe now enjoys without guilt. >> >>Americans enjoy even more luxuries; do you feel guilty? > > I do. I should do more to help the sick and miserable of the world. 1% > of my income would feed a village in Africa. I give some, but I know > that even if I gave a lot more I would, by whims of fate, still be way > better off than most people. > > But I'm a circuit designer, not a doctor, so I do what I do best. > Do you ever see those "Please donate, for the chiiiilllldruuuuunnnnn" ads? "For only 85 cents a day, you can feed this poor unfortunate child..." I wonder what it would cost to teach the adults not to breed what they can't feed? Thanks, Rich
From: Eeyore on 11 Aug 2006 19:15 Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote: > I wonder what it would cost to teach the adults not to breed what they > can't feed? I suggest you put that question to the Vatican ! Graham
From: Ken Smith on 11 Aug 2006 21:30 In article <chqpd2d8gsgii8aepddv78r9oc4v4n06rd(a)4ax.com>, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: [....] >But I'm a circuit designer, not a doctor, so I do what I do best. How about this: Think about detecting land mines with something that costs, lets say, $2. If you come up with something publish it. Even if your don't I figure you'll gets some going to heaven points just for giving it a try. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Jim Yanik on 11 Aug 2006 21:32
John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:ZBDQ8MlodL3EFwBY(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: > In message <Xns981C7D17F4B73jyanikkuanet(a)129.250.170.86>, dated Fri, 11 > Aug 2006, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> writes > >>AFAIK,the "Christian soil" business is NOT in the Bible, > > I agree. > >>as the Islamic soil bit is in the Koran. > > Do you know where? I'm not sure where I read it.Probably On NRO(National Review Online.) They have very good reading,especially today.Lots on the Middle East and Islam. (they might have said "Islamic LANDS",not "soil".) > >>Nor does the Bible -require- other faiths to convert,or suggest it be >>done by force. > > Matthew 10, 34. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |