Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:00

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           darrow@oneillaw.com "M O'Neill" writes:
> Hey fella, I agree with your comments as well.  Be careful with your
> attributions.  Don't you think it's possible for a free society to
> meet its humanitarian obligations?  What country takes better care of
> its poor than the US?

Most western European states, for example.

> We hardly know what poverty is in this country.

Then you are ignorant. 

Consider that in the USA infant mortality is a lot higher than in
Britain, despite the fact that healthcare spending per person is
4 times as much. The reason is (at least in part) that in the USA
most of the healthcare spend goes on the rich, so babies born into
poor families get to die.

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/11
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