On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 07:35:22 -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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. ..looks like it's being taken care of. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]