Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 23:28:01 -0800
From: Mark_Jones <Jones_M-AT-netcomuk.co.uk>
Subject: Re: M-I: Re: Final Crisis


Dennis R Redmond wrote:

> Since when is Eastern Europe the equivalent of Ruanda? The Visegrad
> kids aren't dying of starvation or anything. The infant mortality rates of
> many Eastern European countries are some of the lowest in the
> world; Slovenia's rate is lower than the American one. Population growth
> in the region has been steadily falling for fifty years because of improved
> health care and the emancipation of women, who want careers just like the
> men. Poland's economy is growing 7% a year; the Czech Republic has the lowest
> unemployment rate in Europe; Germany has begun to co-finance the
> environmental clean-up of its Czech and Polish borders.
>
> -- Dennis
>
>

This is either fatuous or disingenuous, the latter I suspect since altho Dennis
is clueless he is not factless.
All the facts cited bear some relation to the truth. Like a mirror, they invert
it. And since Dennis no doubt subscribes to JRL and similar lists, he damn well
knows that he is guilty of sharp practice. Let us *in particular* not embarrass 
anyone by reminding of the USA's appallingly-bad infant and maternal 
mortality and morbidity rates....




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