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Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1 July 2005

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From: Jon Senior
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 08:21
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Steven Hill wrote:
> People die of poverty in Edinburgh too you know.

Although not quite on the same scale.

> And once again, you're putting your arbitrary values on lives. People die.
> That's the only certainty in life. Improve contraception, and that 60k
> will drop too.

Only if you force the contraception onto people. A high infant mortality 
rate tends to lead to a large families, in a desperate attempt to 
maintain the status-quo.

> Also, if an Edinburgh resident dies, that really helps your cause of the
> week, doesn't it?

Only if it's related to the protests. But do you seriously believe that 
this is all going to get so out-of-hand that people are killed? You may 
need to stop reading the Daily Wail, and get out a little more.

Jon
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Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 09:21:29 +0100
From: Jon Senior <jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk>
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