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Flaxbee

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7. Until we decide it is imperative we provide EVERY human with a basic, decent level of subsistence

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 02:46 PM

Mar 2013

-- every single person on this planet, not just Americans - and so long as we force people to do horrible things to survive, our very planet is in peril. The animals, the flora, the ecosystems -- everything will be used and abused and destroyed so long as people are hungry.

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Sickening...this sucks...knr joeybee12 Mar 2013 #1

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Until we decide it is imperative we provide EVERY human with a basic, decent level of subsistence Flaxbee Mar 2013 #7

That's bullshit Dreamer Tatum Mar 2013 #9

no, it's not bullshit. The disparity between the wealth in Asia Flaxbee Mar 2013 #10

K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #8