Human overpopulation

[Tom Clarke]

   You just explained why you won't ever get non-essential military funding
 redirected towards education.

   I've seen a lot of great ideas on this discussion thread, but I can't help
 thinking of that story about belling the cat...   great ideas without action
 (or ideas that cannot be acted upon) is just so much wasted bandwidth.

       -Tom-
        Dept. of Biology
        University of Victoria

On Thu, 30 Mar 1995, Shawn Landry (BIO) wrote:

> > Another point that nobody has touched (it seems): what about redirecting ALL
> > the world budgets for weapons & wars towards a more human cause: sustained
> > productivity? ...
>
> For a start, we might suggest redirecting the portion of the US defense
> budget which is spent on air-shows and parades to education, economic
> education for all students.  As it stands, so many people are completely
> in the dark regarding our economic system that the screwheads in business
> and government can make people believe that the issue is jobs vs. forest,
> etc.  I don't think most people are willing to stand up and fight unless
> they are confident that they know the truth so that they can defend their
> opinion.  And, most people making the decisions might be less likely to
> attempt fooling the people if they know that the people aren't ignorant.
>
> Shawn Landry
>
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