On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 21:48, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:03:06 -0500, > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 08:19, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:51:16 -0500, > > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 00:03, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:12:15 -0500, > > > > > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > Pigeon writes: [snip] > > > Red China Communism came from where? ;-) > > > > So the idea came from Germany, and then got twisted from Marx's > > idea of revolt by workers in the Industrial Revolution to justifi- > > cation of mass starvation (in the 1950s) of peasants and then the > > Cultural Revolution, while Mao was living like an Emperor. > > ..bravo, not bad. Not at all bad. ;-) > > > Face it: where ever you go, there are people who are ambitious and > > hard working enough to move "up the ladder", whether that be in a > > semi-capitalistic or "communal" system, and a democracy/republic > > or an authoritarian state. Every one else just wants their rice > > bowl. > > ..yeah, billions is thrown into modifying rice genome to get it to do > what an avocado a day can do for your health, I dunno about the > rest of mankind, myself I like exciting food, but I think I'd prefer an > avocado a day in a rice diet, over an 100% rice diet, especially > if the rice is genetically modified to "do what an avocado a day > can do for your health", but then again, that's just me. ;-)
You're right, but, given the shrinking farm land from exploding populations, a food stuff that does double duty would be very useful. Of course, a Modest Proposal to solve the population problem might be of some use. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California." Edsger Dijkstra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
