Re: Food: When is it a right or a handout?

[Harry Veeder <eo200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: has27@xxxxxxxxx (Henry Schappach)
> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 18:55:25 -0700 (PDT)
> To: pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Food: When is it a right or a handout?
>
> Harry:
>
> Could you elaborate some on your statement that if a nation fails to
> produce enough food it is due to (1) mental illness or (2) laziness?
>
> I can see a possible connection with laziness and also one with drought
> but am honestly perplexed on mental illness as a factor.
>
> Henry A. Schappach
>


Oops...that is not the meaning I intended to convey. I apologise for
expressing myself so poorly. Here is what I wrote:

> If a persons believes there is no value in working for money beyond mere
> survival, then that person will choose not to work for money. It seems to me
> this choice is rational and deserves respect whenever there is a surplus of
> food being produced by the nation. If there is a shortage of food being
> produced by the nation it is a sign of either (1) mental illness, or (2)
> laziness.

What I mean is...if an individual chooses not to work for money, while there
is a shortage of food being produced by the nation, it is a sign the
individual is either (1) mentally ill or (2) lazy.

Harry Veeder