Resenting The Obtuseness Of Others Is Not

Hardly Any Famine Affects More Than 5 Percent, Almost Never More Than 10 Percent, Of The Population. The Largest Proportion Of A Population Affected Was The Irish Famine Of The 1840s, Which Came Close To 10 Percent Over A Number Of Years.

I Think Education Has A Bigger Impact On The Lives Of People Than Absolutely Anything Else.

No Substantial Famine Has Ever Occurred In A Democratic Country - No Matter How Poor.

80 Percent Of The Export Of Armament In The World Comes From The G8 Countries. [the] United States Alone Exports About 50 Percent Of The World's Armament, [for] Which, Of Course, There Has To Be Buyers, And The Buyers Are Very Terribly Keen, Very Often Military Dictator[s] Or Sometimes Not Military Dictator[s] But For Military Purposes. But The Sellers Are Also Promoting This Trade. And Two Thirds Of The Arm Exports Go To Developing Countries. I'm In Favor Of Putting A Control On It, A Ban On It.

You Can’t Prevent Undernourishment So Easily, But Famines You Can Stop With Half An Effort. Then The Question Was Why Don’t The Governments Stop Them?