Message-ID: <v0300780caf06467eb4cf@DialupEudora> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 03:32:14 -0600 From: Anselm Erighono <mailto:aerighon@BLUE.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU> Subject: Re: Vegetarianism and development models To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
J. C. Wandemberg wrote; >It comes a s no surprise since in the US the expenditures for pet food is
>substantially higher than those for baby food. I guess for pet owners
>their 'pets' are as human as any body else which I find difficult to
>accept particularly given the millions of starving children in the world.
JC it is not so much the starving children in the world, but the starving, homeless children in the US.
Too often we forget, there is a third world in the US, in the "projects" and the "inner cities." So when we are busy thinking about the third world in Africa, (which is good) lets set our eyes too on the third world in our midst, a litte closer to our windows, and our eyes. Lets do something.
Anselm Efe